Garner Magnet High School

Garner Magnet High School
Garner Magnet High School facade
Address
Map
2101 Spring Drive

27529-8864

United States
Coordinates35°42′38″N 78°38′08″W / 35.710665°N 78.635426°W / 35.710665; -78.635426
Information
Former nameGarner Senior High School
(prior to 2005)
School typePublic (Magnet, IB World)
Established1968 (56 years ago) (1968)
School districtWake County Public School System
CEEB code341435[1]
NCES School ID370472001863[2]
PrincipalMatt Price
Staff114 (FTE)[3]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,689 (2022–2023)[3]
Student to teacher ratio14.82[3]
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
SloganRespect self; Respect others; Respect Tradition.
AthleticsNCHSAA 4A
Athletics conferenceGreater Neuse River
SportsBaseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling[4]
MascotTrojan
AccreditationAdvanceED[5]
Feeder schoolsNorth Garner Middle School, East Garner Middle School
Websitewww.wcpss.net/garnerhs

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]

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  4. ^ "Garner Sports Teams". Wake County Athletics. WCPSS. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Institution Summary (Institution ID 6365)". AdvanceEd. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "Garner Magnet High School". WCPSS. Retrieved December 26, 2018.