Magnet Schools in California
Schools in California reported as operating a magnet program in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Browse by county below, or start with the schools themselves.
- 259 magnet schools and programs
- 162 whole-school magnets
- 97 schools with a magnet program
- 24 counties with magnet schools
Browse magnet schools by county
Counties in California with at least one school identified as a magnet in the 2021-22 collection, listed alphabetically.
- Alameda County 2 magnet schools
- Contra Costa County 6 magnet schools
- El Dorado County 2 magnet schools
- Fresno County 21 magnet schools
- Kern County 5 magnet schools
- Los Angeles County 30 magnet schools
- Mendocino County 2 magnet schools
- Napa County 5 magnet schools
- Orange County 12 magnet schools
- Placer County 1 magnet school
- Riverside County 36 magnet schools
- Sacramento County 7 magnet schools
- San Bernardino County 30 magnet schools
- San Diego County 51 magnet schools
- San Joaquin County 9 magnet schools
- San Luis Obispo County 3 magnet schools
- San Mateo County 9 magnet schools
- Santa Clara County 8 magnet schools
- Solano County 3 magnet schools
- Sonoma County 6 magnet schools
- Stanislaus County 3 magnet schools
- Tulare County 1 magnet school
- Ventura County 4 magnet schools
- Yolo County 3 magnet schools
Other areas in California 27
Other areas in California
These areas have school listings, but no school in them is identified as a magnet in the 2021-22 collection.
- Butte County
- Calaveras County
- Del Norte County
- Glenn County
- Humboldt County
- Kings County
- Lake County
- Lassen County
- Madera County
- Marin County
- Merced County
- Modoc County
- Mono County
- Monterey County
- Nevada County
- Plumas County
- San Francisco County
- Santa Barbara County
- Santa Cruz County
- Shasta County
- Siskiyou County
- Sutter County
- Tehama County
- Trinity County
- Tuolumne County
- Yuba County
Magnet schools in California
The first 6 of 259, alphabetically. Browse by county to see the rest.
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Abbott Middle
San Mateo, CA
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- 6-8
- Enrollment
- 721
- Level
- Middle
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Adams Elementary
Riverside, CA
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- K-6
- Enrollment
- 487
- Level
- Elementary
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Ahwahnee Middle
Fresno, CA
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- 7-8
- Enrollment
- 738
- Level
- Middle
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Akira Yokomi Elementary
Fresno, CA
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- K-6
- Enrollment
- 700
- Level
- Elementary
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Alta Heights Elementary
Napa, CA
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- K-5
- Enrollment
- 318
- Level
- Elementary
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Andrew P. Hill High
San Jose, CA
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- 9-12
- Enrollment
- 1,564
- Level
- High
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.
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.