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Randolph-Macon Academy is a co-ed private school for grades 6-12. We offer a superior university-preparatory curriculum with military values preparing graduates to pursue lives of meaning and success. Every year, 100% of our graduates are accepted to the best universities around the world with the Class of 2024 graduating 65 students who earned over $16 million in scholarships.
University Acceptances
Quick Facts
Mission & Vision
Accreditation
University Acceptances
The Class of 2024 graduated 65 students who received over $16 million in scholarships.
In the past six years, R-MA graduates have received Acceptances to: Cornell University, Johns Hopkins, George Mason, Northwestern, Northeastern, NYU, Boston University, and many more. On average, every graduating class receives at least 15 Service Academy Appointments.
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Quick Facts
- Founded 1892
- Middle School (Grades 6-8) and Upper School (Grades 9-12, PG) instruction available
- Co-educational, private school with focus on university-prep curriculum and military values for leadership development
- Day and Boarding School options available
- 100% university acceptance rate, with average of $16 million in scholarships award each graduating class, every year
- Average class size 8-15 students
- 19 Advanced Placement and 10 Dual-Enrolled Classes
- Pre-Professional Pathways set students up for success
Mission & Vision
Mission
Inspire the RISE Within.
Vision
Making Leaders Who Will Improve Humanity.
Educational Philosophy
More than 125 years of experience and heritage have taught us that our students are curious and deserve to be challenged academically. We are committed to shaping good character through positive leadership, professional conduct, and service. We work to ensure each student is self-reliant, respected, and recognized as a unique individual, embraced in a family environment.
Portrait of a Graduate
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A graduate of Randolph-Macon Academy will be a broadly educated, adaptive leader of character, ready to pursue a life of meaning and success emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically.
Attributes of this graduate include:
- Intellectually adventurous and curious
- Self-assured; confident in leading, following, and supporting others on their team
- Self-aware, spiritually and intellectually, to meet life’s challenges
- Devoted to the practice of high ideals; always seeking to contribute to the betterment of others
- Possessing the determination and resilience to persevere when faced with life’s obstacles
- Technically astute and globally aware; able to communicate effectively
- Critical thinker and problem solver
- Producer and consumer of knowledge
- Inquiry-driven; unafraid to pose meaningful questions
- Self-disciplined, academically and morally, and committed to self-improvement
Accreditation
Randolph-Macon Academy is accredited by
R-MA maintains memberships in:
- The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
- The Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
- The Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE)
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R-MA is affiliated with and listed by The University of Senate of the United Methodist Church
The Power of Rise is a mindset at R-MA. Students learn to take risks, to succeed, to fail – lessons at R-MA result in a rewarding sense of accomplishment even if the outcome is not one originally expected. It is a characteristic, a trait found within the very core of the most successful individuals. Our students develop this Rise as a team, they support each other on the journey. The Power of Rise inspires pride, the desire to do good and the value of overcoming adversity.
Make sure to explore the key tenets of R-MA to understand how our community emphasizes important outcomes of every R-MA graduate: confident, trustworthy critical thinkers who excel in a goal-oriented, team environment and want to use their talents to better the world.