New Hanover County has a g reat public school system. There are four high schools in the Wilmington area including Hoggard, New Hanover, Laney (home of Michael Jordan) and Ashley. Student enrollment is based on geographic location of residence.

A summary of all Wilmington schools can be found here: http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/schools.htm

Two interesting features of the Wilmington school system are the magent schools, and the year round schools.

Some parents love the year round schools

The magent schools offer specific course work and focused topics such as math, technology and science. Snipes, Freeman and Gregory elementary schools are area magnet schools. You can learn more on these schools by clicking here!

A helpful link is the New Hanover County School calendar of events, if you are interested you can acess it here:

http://teacherpages.nhcs.net/admin/other/nhcscalendar/Pages/Default.aspx

The New Hanover County Board of Directors is made up of seven members that are elected to their positions. Here are the current board members.

To enroll in Wilmington NC schools, you will need to complete several forms in a timely fashion. You can access these forms here.

The Wilmington area schools are very strong in academics, along with sports and other activities. Football, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse and track are several of the more popular sports that children participate in.

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