Editing Madelia, Minnesota (section)

== Education ==
The Madelia Community Schools service approximately 650 students in Kindergarten through the 12th grade. The district maintains two buildings – a K-6 elementary school and a 7–12 junior-senior high school. The community reinforced its support of education in 1999 when it passed a bond referendum that funded the construction of an addition to the elementary school, demolition of the 1913 elementary school addition, and renovation of the 1949 and 1965 additions.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
[[Image:madeliawarmemorial.jpg|thumb|Madelia War Memorial]]
The district offers a progressive curriculum that includes advanced [[mathematics]] and [[science]], [[Computer-aided design|CAD]], and [[computer programming]].

===Extracurriculars===
High school sport offerings include: nine man football, volleyball, cross-country, basketball, baseball, wrestling, softball, track and field, and golf. Some sports are partnered with neighboring Truman High School. When this occurs, the team mascot is the Madelia-Truman Jayhawks, with orange and blue team colors. Non-partnered sports are known as the Madelia Blackhawks, with orange and black team colors. The Jayhawk wrestling team competed in state competition from 2008 through 2013.<ref>[http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/showbrackets.asp?tournid=2463 State Tournament Brackets<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Parochial School===
St. Mary's Catholic Church operates a small parochial school.  St. Mary's Elementary serves approximately 55 students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.  St. Mary's is accredited by the National Catholic Education Association.  Principal is Jen Slater.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}