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Magnet Schools in Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County has 32 schools identified in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection as operating a magnet program. 31 are whole-school magnets, and 1 offers a magnet program to part of the student population.

  • 32 magnet schools and programs
  • 31 whole-school magnets
  • 1 school with a magnet program
  • 6 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 Wake County

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

  • Brooks Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    471
    Level
    Elementary

  • Bugg Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    345
    Level
    Elementary

  • Carnage Middle

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    924
    Level
    Middle

  • Centennial Campus Middle

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    477
    Level
    Middle

  • Combs Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    695
    Level
    Elementary

  • Conn Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    595
    Level
    Elementary

  • Daniels Middle

    Raleigh, NC

    ◦ Magnet program

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    1,049
    Level
    Middle

  • Douglas Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    562
    Level
    Elementary

  • East Garner Middle

    Garner, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    1,109
    Level
    Middle

  • East Millbrook Middle

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    731
    Level
    Middle

  • Farmington Woods Elementary

    Cary, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    648
    Level
    Elementary

  • Fuller Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    545
    Level
    Elementary

  • Garner High

    Garner, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    1,670
    Level
    High

  • Hunter Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    658
    Level
    Elementary

  • Joyner Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    569
    Level
    Elementary

  • Ligon Middle

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    959
    Level
    Middle

  • Lincoln Heights Elementary

    Fuquay-varina, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    667
    Level
    Elementary

  • Martin Middle

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    1,011
    Level
    Middle

  • Millbrook Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    534
    Level
    Elementary

  • Moore Square Museum Magnet Mid

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    594
    Level
    Middle

  • Needham Broughton High

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    2,153
    Level
    High

  • Partnership Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    K-5
    Enrollment
    276
    Level
    Elementary

  • Poe Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    324
    Level
    Elementary

  • Powell Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    335
    Level
    Elementary

  • Southeast Raleigh High

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    1,438
    Level
    High

  • Underwood Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    K-5
    Enrollment
    405
    Level
    Elementary

  • Washington Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    K-5
    Enrollment
    514
    Level
    Elementary

  • Wendell Elementary

    Wendell, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    K-5
    Enrollment
    458
    Level
    Elementary

  • Wiley Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    429
    Level
    Elementary

  • William G Enloe High

    Raleigh, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    2,643
    Level
    High

  • Zebulon Elementary

    Zebulon, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    PK-5
    Enrollment
    693
    Level
    Elementary

  • Zebulon Middle

    Zebulon, NC

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    772
    Level
    Middle

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.

  • North Garner Middle

    Garner, NC

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    970
    Level
    Middle

  • Olds Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-5
    Enrollment
    314
    Level
    Elementary

  • Root Elementary

    Raleigh, NC

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-5
    Enrollment
    476
    Level
    Elementary

  • Wake Early Coll Heal

    Raleigh, NC

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    215
    Level
    High

  • Wake Forest Elementary

    Wake Forest, NC

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-5
    Enrollment
    646
    Level
    Elementary

Other schools listed in Wake County

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

Magnet schools elsewhere in North Carolina

All magnet schools in North Carolina

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