magnet school
noun
: a school with superior facilities and staff and often a specialized curriculum designed to attract pupils from throughout a city or school district
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Even now, northwest residents are demanding a sheriff’s substation and a cafeteria at Markham Elementary, a magnet school in the heart of the community.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
Calling for more funding Gale said one of the ways that the Board of Education has lost funding is because some students opted to go to magnet schools in other districts and open choice districts.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
About 60 theater students from Altadena and Eliot Arts magnet schools lost their homes, their stage and their neighborhoods in the Eaton fire.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Mann and Parkview became magnet schools in the 1980s.
—Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
Calling for more funding Gale said one of the ways that the Board of Education has lost funding is because some students opted to go to magnet schools in other districts and open choice districts.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
About 60 theater students from Altadena and Eliot Arts magnet schools lost their homes, their stage and their neighborhoods in the Eaton fire.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Mann and Parkview became magnet schools in the 1980s.
—Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2025
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“Magnet school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnet%20school. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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