The school changed the mascot to the Blue Eagles, the symbol of Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Act.

The former shop and vocational rooms have been renovated and house home economics, art, driver education, and health/wellness classrooms.

The school has produced a significant number of National Merit Scholarship finalists, attendees to the West Virginia Governors' Honors Academy, and academic prize recipients.

[citation needed] In 1998, Magnolia won the West Virginia Class AA Quiz Bowl championship.

In 1912, Magnolia beat Woodsfield, Ohio 157–0 which still stands as the state record for the most points scored in a game.

[citation needed] Magnolia captured the AA West Virginia Quiz Bowl title in 1998 and was runner-up in 1999.