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45 magnet schools win National Merit Awards
Updated March 6, 2022 to reflect that Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School was named a School of Excellence
Once again, dozens of our magnet schools were honored by Magnet Schools of America (MSA) with National Merit Awards.
Forty-five schools were honored in total this year, with eight schools being named Schools of Excellence and 37 named Schools of Distinction.
To receive a national merit award, schools must submit a detailed application that is scored by a panel of educators. These schools are judged and scored on their demonstrated ability to raise student academic achievement, promote racial and socioeconomic diversity, provide integrated curricula and instruction, and create strong family and community partnerships that enhance the school’s magnet theme.
Magnet School of Excellence Awards are given to a select group of magnet schools that have demonstrated the highest level of excellence in all facets of the merit award application.
Magnet School of Distinction Awards are given to magnet schools that have met all the requirements outlined in the merit awards scoring rubric.
This year's honored schools are:
Schools of Excellence
Elementary
- Conn Magnet Elementary School of Entrepreneurial Design
- Fox Road International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Magnet Elementary School
- Hunter Gifted & Talented/AIG Basics Magnet Elementary School
- Kingswood Montessori STEM Magnet Elementary School
Middle
- East Garner International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme/Creative Arts Magnet Middle School
- Martin Gifted & Talented Magnet Middle School
- Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School Center for the Digital Sciences
High
- Broughton Global Studies/Language Immersion Magnet High School
- Millbrook International Baccalaureate Middle Years & Diploma Programme Magnet High School
Schools of Distinction
Elementary
- A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School
- Brentwood Magnet Elementary School of Engineering
- Brooks Museums Magnet Elementary School
- Bugg Magnet Elementary Center for Design & Computer Sciences
- Douglas Creative Arts and Science Magnet Elementary School
- Farmington Woods International Baccalaureate PYP Magnet Elementary School
- Fuller Gifted & Talented/AIG Basics Magnet Elementary School
- Green Leadership and World Languages Magnet Elementary School
- Hodge Road Spanish Dual Language Immersion Magnet Elementary School
- Jeffreys Grove Spanish Language Immersion Magnet Elementary School
- Joyner Center for Spanish Language/International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Magnet Elementary School
- Lincoln Heights Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary School
- Millbrook Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary School
- Poe Gifted & Talented/AIG Basics Magnet Elementary School
- Powell Center for Play and Ingenuity Magnet Elementary School
- Stough Mandarin Language Immersion Magnet Elementary School
- Underwood Gifted & Talented Magnet Elementary School
- Washington Gifted and Talented Magnet Elementary School
- Wendell Creative Arts & Science Magnet Elementary School
- Wiley International Studies Magnet Elementary School
- Zebulon Gifted & Talented Magnet Elementary School
Middle
- Carnage Gifted & Talented/AIG Basics Magnet Middle School
- Carroll Leadership in Technology Magnet Middle School
- East Millbrook Academy of Visual And Performing Arts Magnet Middle School
- Moore Square Gifted & Talented/AIG Basics Magnet Middle School
- Oberlin Global Studies and Language Immersion Magnet Middle School
- West Millbrook International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Magnet Middle School
- Zebulon Gifted and Talented Magnet Middle School
High
- Athens Drive Center for Medical Sciences and Global Health Initiatives Magnet High School
- Enloe Gifted & Talented/International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Magnet High School
- Garner International Baccalaureate Middle Years & Diploma Programme Magnet High School
- North Wake College and Career Academy
- Vernon Malone College & Career Academy
- Wake Early College of Health and Sciences
- Wake STEM Early College High School
- Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy