Meanings
nounmagnet school (plural magnet schools)
plural magnet schools
- USA public school with specialized courses.
By age 11, curiosity got the better of me. I joined the neighborhood baseball league, and transferred to Kenwood Academy, a public magnet school.
1994 July 7, William Upski Wimsatt, “Wigger”, in Chicago ReaderSynonyms: focus school, specialist school
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA public school with specialized courses.
Similar
focus schoolspecialist school
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APA
magnet school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnet%20school
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Chicago
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