2009-10 Magnet Criteria--Elementary Schools

I posted your chances of getting into a magnet earlier in the year, but I was using last year's selection criteria. The Growth Management and the BOE tweaked the criteria a bit this year and it does actually make some people's chances of getting in a bit better. I'm not sure why they raised the max F&R for the 1st 3 rounds to 33% (system average) from the previous 27% (5 percentage points below system average). Chuck Dulaney did say that the minimum crowding percentage was lowered from 100% to 95% because growth has slowed. A big change was the removal of the 20% max of students performing at Level 1 or 2. Changes in the EOGs last year caused test scores to be lower across the board and it would have sharply reduced the odds for getting into a magnet.

Rounds One & Two-27 Schools
****Must live in a node 33% or less F&R, base school must be 33% or less F&R, and crowding factor must be greater than 95%. Round 1 is for those who meet all the criteria and applied for the same program last year but were denied. Round 2 is the same except for the 'applied last year' criteria.

Apex Elementary
Brassfield
Brooks (magnet)
Cary Elementary
Cedar Fork
Combs (magnet)
Davis Drive
Forest Pines
Fuquay-Varina
Holly Grove
Holly Ridge
Hunter (magnet)
Jones Dairy
Lacy
North Forest Pines
Northwoods
Oak Grove
Olds
Partnership (magnet)
Penny Road
Root
Swift Creek
Turner Creek
Underwood (magnet)
Weatherstone
West Lake
Wiley magnet

Round 3-12 Schools
**No node criteria, but base school must be 33% or less F&R and at least 85% crowded.

Ballentine
Briarcliff
Carpenter
Heritage
Leesville Road
Lincoln Heights
Middle Creek
Morrisville
Olive Chapel
Pleasant Union (94.8%--could be rounded up to 95 which would place it in Round One/Two)
Vance
Willow Springs

Round 4-29 Schools
**Base school must be less than 40% F&R and be at least 60% crowded.

Adams
Baileywick
Baucom
Brier Creek
Dillard Drive
Douglas (magnet)
Durant Road
Farmington Woods (magnet)
Fuller (magnet)
Green
Green Hope
Harris Creek
Highcroft
Holly Springs
Jeffreys Grove
Joyner (magnet)
Laurel Park
Mills Park
North Ridge
Rand Road
Rolesville
Salem
Sanford Creek
Sycamore Creek
Wake Forest
Wakefield
Washington (magnet)
Wildwood Forest
Yates Mill

Lottery for the remaining 10% of seats-31 Schools

Aversboro-52.1% F&R
Barwell-58.8% F&R
Brentwood-69.8% F&R new magnet for 2009-10
Bugg-49.2% F&R magnet
Carver-57.7% F&R
Conn-42.8% F&R magnet
Creech Road-64.3% F&R
East Garner-58.9% F&R
Forestville Road-43% F&R
Fox Road-60.5% F&R
Hilburn Drive-42% F&R
Hodge Road-59.9% F&R
Kingswood-40.1% F&R
Knightdale-55.7% F&R
Lead Mine-43.5% F&R
Lockhart-44.7% F&R
Lynn Road-46.7% F&R
Millbrook-55.6% F&R magnet
Poe-45.2% F&R magnet
Powell-52.3% F&R magnet
Reedy Creek-41% F&R
River Bend-56.2% F&R
Smith-68.1% F&R new magnet for 2009-10
Stough-46.4% F&R
Timber Drive-40.3% F&R
Vandora Springs-46.7% F&R
Wakelon-66.7% F&R
Wendell-49.6% F&R magnet
Wilburn-57.8% F&R
York-47.3% F&R
Zebulon-57.2% F&R magnet