A magnet school is a state-funded school, usually in a poor area, which is given extra resources in order to attract new pupils from other areas and help improve the school's performance.
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magnet school in British English
noun
a school that provides a focus on one subject area throughout its curriculum in order to attract, often from an early age, pupils who wish to specialize in this subject
magnet school in American English
US
a public school which offers innovative courses, specialized training, etc. in order to attract students from a broad urban area and thereby help to bring about desegregation
Examples of 'magnet school' in a sentence
magnet school
Mrs. Perella said that because Don Shula is a magnet school in languages, my German grade was the one that really made a difference.
Jonah Black THE BLACK BOOK: DIARY OF A TEENAGE STUD VOL. I, GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS (2001)