Garner Magnet High School | |
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Address | |
2101 Spring Drive 27529-8864 United States | |
Coordinates | 35°42′38″N 78°38′08″W / 35.710665°N 78.635426°W |
Information | |
Former name | Garner Senior High School (prior to 2005) |
School type | Public (Magnet, IB World) |
Established | 1968 |
School district | Wake County Public School System |
CEEB code | 341435[1] |
NCES School ID | 370472001863[2] |
Principal | Matt Price |
Staff | 114 (FTE)[3] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,689 (2022–2023)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.82[3] |
Color(s) | Blue and gold |
Slogan | Respect self; Respect others; Respect Tradition. |
Athletics | NCHSAA 4A |
Athletics conference | Greater Neuse River |
Sports | Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling[4] |
Mascot | Trojan |
Accreditation | AdvanceED[5] |
Feeder schools | North Garner Middle School, East Garner Middle School |
Website | www |
Garner Magnet High School (GMHS) is a comprehensive public high school in Garner, North Carolina, United States, a city southeast of Raleigh. The school was founded as Garner Senior High School (GSHS), which graduated its first class in 1969. Garner is one of four high schools in the Wake County Public School System offering an International Baccalaureate Programme of study, along with Needham B. Broughton High School, William G. Enloe High School, and Millbrook High School.
As of 2018–19, Garner offers its nearly 2,400 students 34 IB Diploma Programme courses, 16 Advanced Placement courses, 48 Career and Technical Education courses, Four world languages, a Public Safety Career Academy, an Army JROTC program, courses in Music (Chorus, Band, and Orchestra), Dance, Theatre and Visual Arts, 19 varsity sports, and 50 student clubs. The school began offering the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme beginning in the fall of 2019.[6]