This chart shows the current status and future plans for Guilford County Schools magnet program.
Magnet schools offer special programs to give families some academic options.
In most cases, magnet schools are located in an area that is predominantly one race. The programs attempt to draw students of another race or ethnicity to create a racial balance more in line to the system average. Except for the Spanish-immersion program, all students, whether they are there by assignment or by choice, take part in a school's magnet program. Most magnet schools also have a small attendance zone that includes children from nearby neighborhoods. The school board's redistricting guidelines call for magnet schools to draw only between 20 percent and 50 percent of their students from surrounding neighborhoods.