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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Miami-Dade schools are funded on a per student basis, and fewer overall children enrolled means millions of dollars less to maintain school facilities and fewer students to fill out specialty programs like arts and magnet schools.
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Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
That has played out in Charlotte, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have made arrests outside the county courthouse, near a magnet school and in other sensitive places.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
Some students who applied to attend magnet schools are still bused outside their communities, too — though not as many have that option now.
—Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Chatt High Center for Creative Arts is a magnet school that requires auditions to enroll, but does not have academic requirements.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
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Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
That has played out in Charlotte, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have made arrests outside the county courthouse, near a magnet school and in other sensitive places.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
Some students who applied to attend magnet schools are still bused outside their communities, too — though not as many have that option now.
—Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Chatt High Center for Creative Arts is a magnet school that requires auditions to enroll, but does not have academic requirements.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for magnet school
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“Magnet school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnet%20school. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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