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Magnet Schools

Preschool Programs

Birch Grove Elementary School for the Arts      AM & PM
Visual, Performing, Literary and New Media Arts

​​​​​Magnet schools are public schools of choice, offering comprehensive, high-quality, thematic curriculum intended to "attract" diverse learners.  Students who live outside a magnet school's attendance zone and demonstrate interest in the school's theme can apply for an opportunity to enroll in the magnet program.  ​Funding for magnet curriculum and programming is allocated by local, state, and federal education money and grants. Northwest Suburban Integration School District's magnet school program serves Pre-Kinder through grade 12 students throughout the seven-member collaborative.  Students are eligible to apply to any of the magnet schools if they live within the school districts of Anoka-Hennepin, Brooklyn Center, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose, ISD728 (Elk River | Otsego | Rogers | Zimmerman), Fridley, Osseo, and Rockford.​  Learn more about our strand offerings here.

Middle Schools
Anoka Middle School for the Arts   6-8    
Visual, Performing, Literary and New Media Arts

Brooklyn Center STEAM Middle School   6-8     
Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Math

Brooklyn Middle STEAM Magnet School   6-8 

Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Math

Fridley Middle School - An IB World School  5-8    
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

Rockford Middle School - Center for Environmental Studies    5-8   
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Salk Middle School Pre-Engineering STEM Magnet  6-8        

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Fridley Preschool       AM & PM

International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program

Elementary Schools
Birch Grove Elementary School for the Arts   PK-5
Visual, Performing, Literary and New Media Arts

Brooklyn Center Elementary STEAM School   K-5   
Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Math

Hayes Elementary School - An IB World School K-4   

International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program

Evergreen Park STEM School of Innovation K-5   

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math


​Montrose Elementary School of Innovation   K-5

Science, Technolog, Engineering, Arts and Math

Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet School   K-4   
Visual, Performing, Literary and New Media Arts

Through the NWSISD magnet school program, member districts develop, design, and implement innovative educational methods and practices that promote diversity and increase parental and student choices among and within the collaborative.

NWSISD offers magnet schools in three strands:  Visual, Performing, Literary, and New Media Arts (Arts), International Baccalaureate (IB), and Science, Technology, Engineering, (Arts), and Mathematics (STEM/STEAM).  

Rogers Elementary STEM Magnet School   K-4 (beginning 2022-2023 SY) 
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

R.L. Stevenson Elementary School - An IB World School    K-4 

International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program

Tatanka Elementary STEM School    K-5     
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

University Avenue ACES

Aerospace, Children's Engineering, and Science  K-5    
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Weaver Lake Elementary:  A Science, Math and Technology School   K-5         
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Zanewood Community School: STEAM   K-5
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math​​

High Schools

Anoka High School Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math  9-12

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math


Blaine High School Center for Engineering, Mathematics & Science (CEMS)  9-12   

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Brooklyn Center STEAM High School   9-12     
Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Math

Coon Rapids High School Center for Biomedical Sciences & Engineering  9-12    
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Fridley High School - An IB World School   9-12    
International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Programmes

Osseo Senior High Health Science Magnet Program   9-12  
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Park Center Senior High - An IB World School   9-12     
International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Programmes​


​Rockford High School - An IB World School   9-12

International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Programmes