James Madison Middle School

James Madison Middle School located in the Franklin-Colonial neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, USA, is situated on a large hill with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Opened in 1970, it is a magnet school for technology and is part of the Roanoke City Public Schools. The school's athletics teams are the Matadors.

James Madison Middle School
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Established	1970; 55 years ago (1970)
Mascot	Matadors

Notable achievements

The school has competed in the Virginia Mathematics 6th Grade League with the following notable results:

• 1998-99 - 5th out of 183 schools^[1]
• 2000-01 - 6th out of 141 Schools^[2]
• 2002-03 - 5th out of 108 schools^[3]

In the international Odyssey of the Mind competition in 2001, James Madison Middle School won through to represent the US and placed 3rd out of a field of 57 teams representing the United States.^[4]

James Madison has a notable chess team that in 2005 were runners up in the Virginia State K-8 Team Championships, losing by half a point.^[5]