Magnet Schools in North Carolina
Schools in North Carolina reported as operating a magnet program in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Browse by county below, or start with the schools themselves.
- 137 magnet schools and programs
- 114 whole-school magnets
- 23 schools with a magnet program
- 11 counties with magnet schools
Browse magnet schools by county
Counties in North Carolina with at least one school identified as a magnet in the 2021-22 collection, listed alphabetically.
- Buncombe County 5 magnet schools
- Cabarrus County 18 magnet schools
- Durham County 7 magnet schools
- Forsyth County 4 magnet schools
- Gaston County 1 magnet school
- Guilford County 31 magnet schools
- Mecklenburg County 34 magnet schools
- New Hanover County 1 magnet school
- Orange County 1 magnet school
- Scotland County 1 magnet school
- Wake County 32 magnet schools
2 magnet schools are not yet matched to areas in North Carolina and do not appear in the list above. They are still listed on this site.
Other areas in North Carolina 38
Other areas in North Carolina
These areas have school listings, but no school in them is identified as a magnet in the 2021-22 collection.
- Alamance County
- Avery County
- Beaufort County
- Brunswick County
- Burke County
- Carteret County
- Chatham County
- Cherokee County
- Columbus County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Henderson County
- Iredell County
- Jackson County
- Johnston County
- Lee County
- Lenoir County
- Lincoln County
- Moore County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Pamlico County
- Person County
- Robeson County
- Rockingham County
- Rutherford County
- Stanly County
- Surry County
- Swain County
- Transylvania County
- Union County
- Vance County
- Watauga County
- Wayne County
- Wilkes County
- Wilson County
Magnet schools in North Carolina
The first 6 of 137, alphabetically. Browse by county to see the rest.
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Academy At Smith
Greensboro, NC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- 9-12
- Enrollment
- 246
- Level
- High
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Albemarle Road Middle
Charlotte, NC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- 6-8
- Enrollment
- 945
- Level
- Middle
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Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy
High Point, NC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- 5-8
- Enrollment
- 392
- Level
- Middle
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Ashley Elementary
Winston Salem, NC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- PK-5
- Enrollment
- 348
- Level
- Elementary
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Barringer Academic Center
Charlotte, NC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- K-5
- Enrollment
- 472
- Level
- Elementary
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Bluford Elementary
Greensboro, NC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- K-5
- Enrollment
- 266
- 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.
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.