Madison High School is a

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located in Madison Heights,

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. Its

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. It is a part of Madison District Public Schools. The original high school was built in 1924 to serve students who had attended the one-room school houses in the southern half of what is now Madison Heights. Its first graduating class, in 1929, consisted of two students. The Madison School District became a graded district in 1925. The original high school's gymnasium had its first electric scoreboard in 1941, the result of a magazine sale conducted by the Eagles

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team. In 1958 the current Madison High School was built; the former high school is now Wilkinson Middle School.

Notable alumni

* Grady Alderman - Former NFL Offensive Tackle, Minnesota Vikings * Renee Ellmers (1982), Republican

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References

External links

Official website
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