* International School of the Americas, a magnet school located in San Antonio, Texas

The university and Houston Independent School District jointly established The Rice School, a kindergarten through 8th grade public magnet school in Houston.

In larger school districts, magnet schools are established to provide enhanced curriculum for one or more areas of study.

Admission ( usually controlled ) to magnet schools varies by school district in order to manage demand and resources.

There is also one magnet middle school, Austin Middle School, serving grades 5 through 8.

Carver, Jeff Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Sidney Lanier ) as well as 9 magnet schools, 1 alternative school, and 2 special education centers.

* MAST Academy ( Maritime and Science Technology Academy ), a magnet high school located in Miami, Florida

* New World School of the Arts, a magnet high school in Miami-Dade County, Florida

* Detroit School of Arts, public magnet school in Detroit

duPont Manual High School is a public magnet secondary school located in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, USA and serving students in grades 9 – 12.

In 1984, Manual became a magnet school, allowing students from throughout the district to apply to five specialized programs of study, or magnets.

The Youth Performing Arts School, actually a magnet school within Manual, opened in 1978 and, along with the changing curriculum, presaged Manual's transition to an academically intensive magnet school in the 1980s.

Manual became a magnet school in 1984, creating specialty programs and allowing students from around the district to apply to attend.

In the midst of the transition to magnet school, Manual underwent a $ 1. 9 million building improvement plan which added computer and science labs.

Under principal Joe Liedtke, academics improved, especially after Manual became a magnet school in 1984 and could attract students from throughout the county.

YPAS is one of Manual's magnet programs and YPAS students take their academic classes at Manual and must complete the same academic requirements as any public school student in Kentucky.

* Conroe ISD Academy of Science and Technology, a specialized magnet school of science and technology in Conroe, Texas

* Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School of Austin, Texas, an advanced program magnet school admitting select students from the Austin Independent School District.

* DeKalb School of the Arts, a magnet school in DeKalb County, Georgia near Atlanta

This magnet school consists of juniors and seniors selected from each of the Lynchburg area high schools.

The area includes government elementary, middle, and high schools including 25 different schools which include: The elementary are Bethany School, Moss Street, Central, Leaksville-Spray, Dillard, Monroeton School, Douglass, Draper, South End School, Lawsonville Avenue, Stoneville, Lincoln, Wentworth, Huntsville, Williamsburg, and a magnet school New Vision.

* Anvil City Science Academy, a 5-8 charter magnet, is also part of the school district.

The magnet programs succeeded in attracting applicants and by the mid-1990s only about a third of students who applied were accepted.

All students enroll in one of five magnet programs.

The Math / Science / Technology ( MST ) magnet specifically prepares students for college programs in engineering, science and math.

West Port High School of Ocala, Florida offers an arts-affiliated magnet program known as MCCA ( Marion County Center for the Arts ), and it focuses on instructing students in the arts.

Bloomfield Tech High School is a regional magnet public high school that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools.

The Essex County Vocational Technical Schools offers magnet school and vocational programs to students from Caldwell and all of Essex County.

Bridgewater is the home of the Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School, a four-year magnet school that provides occupational and academic training to students from all of Somerset County.

All students attending the Humble Independent School District have the option to apply for admittion to Quest Early College High School, a magnet high school in Atascocita.

All students attending the Humble Independent School District have the option to attend Quest High School, a magnet high school in the Atascocita section of unincorporated Harris County.

In addition, South Texas Independent School District, which is headquartered in Mercedes, serves magnet students in many Rio Grande Valley communities, including Mercedes.

A new building on the Hardin-Simmons University campus serves AISD high school students as a magnet school, called Holland Medical High School, as well as HSU students as the Holland School of Sciences and Mathematics.

However, an analogous concept is the magnet school, a state-funded secondary institution that may select its students from a given school district according to academic criteria.

This new choice plan revolved around magnet schools, making one-third of the schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg either magnets or partial magnets, and each magnet had a quota of black and white students that were allowed to attend.

The Union County Magnet High School ( UCMHS ) is a magnet public high school located in Scotch Plains on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus, serving the vocational and technical educational needs of students throughout Union County, New Jersey.

The school is nationally recognized for its magnet program and Communication Arts Program ( CAP ), which draw students from both the Silver Spring area and across Montgomery County, and make up approximately 20 % of Blair's student population.

Tunku's London room quickly became a magnet for Malayan students.

Since it draws students from across the state, it is sometimes considered a magnet school.

The name " magnet " may come from lodestones found in Magnesia.

The belief was that jobs were the magnet that attracted most illegal immigrants to come to the United States.

Over 600 students come from all over Alachua County to Eastside for the IB magnet program.

Deering's hope was that the complex would become a magnet for artists and artistic life, where people of many nations would come to make art and study.