What is the difference between intra-district versus inter-district magnet schools?
The phrases “intra-district” and “inter-district” are commonly confused. An intra-district magnet only enrolls students who live inside the local school district. A small number of intra-district magnets exist in the Greater Hartford region, such as the Charter Oak Academy of Global Studies and the Florence E. Smith School of Science, Math, and Technology, which both accept applications from students who reside in any West Hartford neighborhood. An inter-district magnet is open to students from different school districts. Since the vast majority of magnets in Greater Hartford are “interdistrict” schools, we usually omit this term when discussing magnets.
