 The public school system of the Malden R-1 School District is a 3A designated school for athletics (2A for football).The mascot is the Green Wave, and its last state championship was 2007, when the school won its second consecutive Boys Track championship.The Malden Green Wave Football program competed in the state playoffs in 2010 and the boys baseball team were conference regular season champions and won a district title for the first time in 31 years in 2011.