Magnet Schools in Richland County, South Carolina
Richland County has 8 schools identified in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection as operating a magnet program. 2 are whole-school magnets, and 6 offer magnet programs to part of the student population.
- 8 magnet schools and programs
- 2 whole-school magnets
- 6 schools with a magnet program
- 2 cities and towns
Magnet status is based on the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection, the latest federal collection available for magnet classification.
School enrollment, grades and contact details are from NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
Magnet schools in Richland County
Listed alphabetically. Nothing here is ranked, scored or ordered by anything the federal collections do not record.
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Dent Middle
Columbia, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- 6-8
- Enrollment
- 1,059
- Level
- Middle
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E L Wright Middle
Columbia, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- K-8
- Enrollment
- 1,275
- Level
- Elementary
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Forest Lake El
Columbia, SC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- PK-5
- Enrollment
- 652
- Level
- Elementary
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Kelly Mill Middle
Blythewood, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- 2-8
- Enrollment
- 979
- Level
- Elementary
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L W Conder El
Columbia, SC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- PK-5
- Enrollment
- 489
- Level
- Elementary
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Richland Northeast High
Columbia, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- 9-12
- Enrollment
- 1,340
- Level
- High
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Spring Valley Hi
Columbia, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- 9-12
- Enrollment
- 2,230
- Level
- High
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Summit Parkway Middle
Columbia, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- K-8
- Enrollment
- 1,229
- Level
- Elementary
What “magnet” means on this page
Whole-school magnet
The magnet program applies across the school. Every student attending is part of it.
Magnet program
The school offers a magnet program to part of its student population, alongside its other classes.
Other schools listed in Richland County
These are the other schools this directory holds for Richland County. They are not identified as magnet schools in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.
- Carolina Charter For Inquiry Columbia, SC Charter
- Midlands Math/business Charter Columbia, SC Charter
- Palmetto State E-cademy Columbia, SC Charter
- Provost Academy Sc Columbia, SC Charter
- Richland One Charter Middle Co Columbia, SC Charter
- Sc Calvert Academy Columbia, SC Charter
- Sc Connections Academy Columbia, SC Charter
- Sc Virtual Charter School Columbia, SC Charter
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