Magnet school

/mˈaɡnɪt skˈuːl/

/mˈæɡnɪt skˈuːl/

Magnet school

*** (in the US) a school in a large city that offers extra courses in some subjects in order to attract students from other areas of the city

Examples

1. I went to the magnet school in Chicago.

2. So I went to a public magnet school that was amazing, and it was a really good experience, very along the lines of Stuyvesant.

3. But if you had gone to a magnet school with other people like you, you wouldn't feel different.

4. But I talked to someone else in Philadelphia who's bringing their kids back and looking at a sort of magnet school situation.