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Magnet Schools in San Diego County, California

San Diego County has 51 schools identified in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection as operating a magnet program. 45 are whole-school magnets, and 6 offer magnet programs to part of the student population.

  • 51 magnet schools and programs
  • 45 whole-school magnets
  • 6 schools with a magnet program
  • 7 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 San Diego County

Listed alphabetically. Nothing here is ranked, scored or ordered by anything the federal collections do not record.

What “magnet” means on this page

● Whole-school magnet

Whole-school magnet

The magnet program applies across the school. Every student attending is part of it.

◦ Magnet program

Magnet program

The school offers a magnet program to part of its student population, alongside its other classes.

Other historical or unverified magnet listings

These schools were identified as magnet schools in older source data but are not confirmed by the latest available federal magnet collection.

  • Anza Elementary

    El Cajon, CA

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-5
    Enrollment
    442
    Level
    Elementary

  • Chollas/mead Elementary

    San Diego, CA

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-6
    Enrollment
    787
    Level
    Elementary

  • Fuerte Elementary

    El Cajon, CA

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-6
    Enrollment
    482
    Level
    Elementary

  • Fulton Elementary

    San Diego, CA

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-8
    Enrollment
    465
    Level
    Elementary

  • Grant Elementary

    San Diego, CA

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-8
    Enrollment
    533
    Level
    Elementary

  • Knox Elementary

    San Diego, CA

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-8
    Enrollment
    546
    Level
    Elementary

  • Lindbergh/schweitzer Elementary

    San Diego, CA

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-6
    Enrollment
    605
    Level
    Elementary

Other schools listed in San Diego County

These are the other schools this directory holds for San Diego County. They are not identified as magnet schools in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

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