LIST of SCHOOLS OF THE ARTS (k-12)

Below is a list of Elementary, Middle & High Schools that identify as an arts school or providing arts focused/integrated education throughout the US.  If there is a school that should be added to this list please let us know by emailing us at notesbehindthescenes@gmail.com as we want to provide a definitive list of arts education opportunities!

PLEASE visit the links for any schools you are interested in for their requirements and audition/admission guidelines.  Most of these schools are public/tuition free but some are magnet, some are charter, and some are private.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

*= member of Arts School Network

ALABAMA

*The Alberta School of Performing Arts 

[Grades K-5]

ARIZONA

Chandler

Vector Prep & Arts Academy

Mesa

Mesa Arts Academy  [Grades K-8]

Phoenix

Arizona Conservatory for Arts & Academics (ACAA) Elementary.  [Grades K-5]

Tolleson

Fine Arts Academy [Grades K-8]


ARKANSAS

*Arkansas Arts Academy [Grades K-6]


CALIFORNIA

Fresno

Bullard Talent [Grades K-6]

Fullerton

*Golden Hill School for Creative and Performing Arts 

Lake Elsinore

*Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy [Grades TK-5]


COLORADO

Aurora 

*Charles Burrell Visual and Performing Arts Campus [Grades K-5]

Denver

*Columbian Elementary  [Grades K-5]

*Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy  [Grades K-5]

Lakewood

*Belmar School of Integrated Arts  [Grades K-5]

Northglenn

*The Studio School [Grades K-5]

Westminster

*Metropolitan Arts Academy [Grades K-5]


CONNECTICUT

Norwalk

*Wolfpit School

Waterbury

*Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School

FLORIDA

Boca Raton/Coconut Creek

*North Broward Preparatory School

*Pine Crest School [Grades PreK-5]

Brandenton

*Rowlett Academy [Grades K-5]

Fort Lauderdale

*Pine Crest School [Grades PreK-5]

Fort Myers

*North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts [Grades PreK-5]

GEORGIA

Atlanta

*Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Columbus

*Wynnton Arts Academy [Grades K-5]

DeKalb

*DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts [Grades K-5 - auditions for Grades 4-5]

Ellenwood

*Utopian Elementary Academy for the Arts  [Grades PreK-5]

Lake Spivey

*Kay R. Pace Elementary School of the Arts  [Grades K-2 lottery- auditions for Grades 3-5]


IDAHO

*Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities [Grades K-5]


LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge

*Baton Rouge Center for the Visual and Performing Arts [Grades K-5]

*Forest Hights Academy of Excellence [Grades K-5]

*Park Forest Elementary Creative Sciences & Arts Magnet  [Grades K-5]

*VDR Creative Sciences & Arts Magnet School  [Grades K-5]

New Orleans

*The Willow School [Grades K-4]


MARYLAND

Prince George County

*Prince George's County Public Schools


MICHIGAN

Kalamazoo

Woods Lake Elementary: A Magnet School for the Arts

Spring Lake

*West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics [K-8]


MINNESOTA

St Paul

*Mississippi Creative Arts Elementary School [K-5]


New Mexico

Santa Fe

Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences [PreK-8]


NEW YORK

Bronx

Bronx Arts & Science Charter School [PreK-5]

Bronx Charter School for the Arts [K-8]

The Bronx STEM and Arts Academy [PreK-5]

Brooklyn

 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts [K-5]

Manhattan

The Locke School for Arts and Engineering [PreK-5]

P.S. 166 The Richard Rodgers School of The Arts and Technology [PreK-5]


OHIO

Columbus

A+ Arts Academy - Fair Campus [Grades K-6]

A+ Arts Academy - Maybury Campus [Grades K-6]

Columbus Arts & Technology Academy  [Grades EK-12]

Duxberry Park Arts Impact Elementary [Grades K-5]

Cincinnati

*School for Creative and Performing Arts  [K-12]


PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia

Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School [Grades K-12]


SOUTH CAROLINA

Aiken

East Aiken School of the Arts [Grades K-5]

Anderson 

Calhoun Academy of the Arts  [Grades K-5]

Charleston

Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary [Grades PK-5]

Sanders-Clyde Creative Arts School [Grades PK-5]

Chester

Chester Park Elementary School of the Arts  [Grades PK-5]

Greenville

Stone Academy of Communication Arts  [Grades K-5]

Hilton Head Island

*Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts [Grades K-5]

North Charleston

North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary [Grades PK-5]

Windsor Hill Arts Infused Elementary [Grades PK-5]

Rock Hill

Northside Elementary School of the Arts [K-5]

Spartanburg

*Fine Arts Preparatory School [K-12]

West Columbia

Saluda River Academy for the Arts (SRAA)


TEXAS

Grand Prairie

*Garner Fine Arts Academy [PreK-5]

Mansfield

*Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

*Brenda Norwood Elementary

Tyler

*Caldwell Arts Academy [K-8]


UTAH

Sandy

*Waterford School [Grades K-12]


WISCONSIN

Milwaukee

*Elm Creative Arts School  [Grades K-5]

Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts  [Grades K-8]

MIDDLE SCHOOLS/JUNIOR HIGHS

*= member of Arts School Network

ALABAMA

*Alabama School of Fine Arts[Grades 7-8]

Tuscaloosa

*The Alberta School of Performing Arts [Grades 6-8]

Montgomery

*Baldwin Arts & Academics Magnet School [Grades 6-8]

ARIZONA

Mesa

Mesa Arts Academy  [Grades K-8]

Phoenix

*Arizona School for the Arts  [Grades 5-8]

Tolleson

Fine Arts Academy [Grades K-8]

ARKANSAS

*Arkansas Arts Academy [Grades 7-8]


CALIFORNIA

Fresno

Bullard Talent [Grades 7-8]

Fullerton

*Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Lake Elsinore

*Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy [Grades 6-8]

Los Angeles

*California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley [Grades 6-8]

Oakland

*Oakland School for the Arts [Grades 6-8]

Orange County

*Orange County School of the Arts [Grades 7-8]

San Diego

*Creative Performing and Media Arts [Grades 6-8]

*San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts [Grades 6-8]


COLORADO

Aurora 

*Charles Burrell Visual and Performing Arts Campus [Grades 6-8]

Denver

*Denver School of the Arts [Grades 6-8]

*Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy [Grades 6-8]

Westminster

*Metropolitan Arts Academy [Grades 6-8]


CONNECTICUT

Norwalk

*Nathan Hale Middle School


DELAWARE

Wilmington

*Cab Calloway School of the Arts


FLORIDA

Boca Raton/Coconut Creek

*North Broward Preparatory School

*Pine Crest School [Grades 6-8]

Brandenton

*Rowlett Middle Academy

Fort Lauderdale

*Pine Crest School [Grades 6-8]

Fort Myers

*North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts [Grades 6-8]

Jacksonville

Fort Caroline Middle School of the Visual and Performing Arts

*LaVilla School of the Arts

Orlando/Kissimmee

*Howard Academy of Arts [Grades 6-8]

*The Osceola County School for the Arts

Palm Beach

G-Star School of the Arts  [Grades 6-8]

Saint Johns/Saint Augustine

St. Johns County Center for the Arts (SJCCA) at Murray Middle School


GEORGIA

Atlanta

*Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Columbus

*Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts [Grades 6-8]

DeKalb

*DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts [Grades 6-8]

Ellenwood

*Utopian Middle Academy for the Arts  [Grades 6-8]

Fayetteville

*Utopian Academy at Trilith [Grades 6-8]

Jonesboro

*M.D. Roberts Middle School of the Performing Arts

Savannah

*Esther F. Garrison School for Visual and Performing Arts [Grades 6-8]


IDAHO

Couer d'Alene

*Dickinson Fine Arts Academy  [Grades 6-8]

Meridian

*Idaho Fine Arts Academy [Grades 6-8]


KENTUCKY

Louisville

*Western Middle School for the Arts [Grades 6-8]


LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge

*Capitol Middle Magnet School  [Grades 6-8]

*McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School of Visual and Performing Arts  [Grades 6-8]

*Southeast Middle Magnet School [Grades 6-8]

New Orleans

*New Orleans Center for Creative Arts-NOCCA [Grades 7-8: Instrumental Music/Dance only]

*The Willow School [Grades 5-7]


MARYLAND

Annapolis

*Apex Arts- Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Prince George County

*Prince George's County Public Schools

Rockville

*Loiederman Magnet School for Creative and Performing Arts 

*Phoenix International School of the Arts


MICHIGAN

Kalamazoo

Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts

Spring Lake

*West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics [K-8]


MINNESOTA

St Paul

*Creative Arts Secondary  [Grades 6-12]


MISSOURI

Springfield

*Springfield Conservatory of the Arts [Grades 6-12]

St Louis

*Grand Center Arts Academy  [Grades 6-12]


NEVADA

Henderson

*Thurman White Academy of the Performing Arts

Las Vegas

*K.O. Knudson Middle School-Academy of the Arts [Grades 6-8]


NEW JERSEY

Creative Arts Academy [Grades 6-12]


NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque

*Public Academy for Performing Arts [Grades 6-12]

Santa Fe

Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences [PreK-8]


NEW YORK

Bronx

Bronx Charter School for the Arts [Grades K-8]

New Millennium Bronx Academy of the Arts [Grades 6-8]

School of Performing Arts [Grades 6-8]

Theatre Arts Production Company School [Grades 6-12]

Brooklyn

McKinney Secondary School of the Arts [Grades 6-12]

Manhattan

City College Academy of the Arts (CCAA) [Grades 6-12]

M.S. 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics [Grades 6-8]

New York City Charter School of the Arts [Grades 6-8]

Professional Performing Arts School [Grades 6-12]

Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts [Grades 6-12]

Mount Vernon

Denzel Washington School of the Arts [Grades 6-12]


OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City

* Classen School of Advanced Studies Middle School


OHIO

Cincinnati

*School for Creative and Performing Arts  [K-12]

Columbus

A+ Arts Academy - Napoleon Campus [Grades 7-8]

The Arts & College Preparatory Academy  [Grades 7-12]

Arts IMPACT Middle School [Grades 6-8]

Columbus Arts & Technology Academy  [Grades EK-12]

Toledo

*Toledo School for the Arts  [Grades 6-12]


PENNSYLVANIA

Allentown

Arts Academy Charter Middle School [Grades 5-8]

Midland

*Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School [Grades 7-12]

Philadelphia

Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School [Grades K-12]

Pittsburgh

*Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA)[Grades 6-12]


SOUTH CAROLINA

Anderson

Southwood Academy of the Arts   [Grades 6-8]

Cayce

*Busbee Creative Arts Academy  [Grades 6-8]

Greenville

*League Academy  [Grades 6-8]

New Ellenton

New Ellenton Middle STEAM Magnet School [Grades 6-8]

Spartanburg

*Fine Arts Preparatory School [K-12]


TENNESSEE

Chattanooga

*Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts [Grades 6-12]

TEXAS

Arlington

*Cross Timbers Intermediate School Fine Arts Academy [Grades 5-6]

Grand Prairie

*Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy [Grades 6-12]

Houston

*The Kinkaid School [Grades K-12]

Mansfield

*Fine Arts Academy at Alma Martinez Intermediate School [Grades 5-6]

Tyler

*Caldwell Arts Academy[K-8]


UTAH

Sandy

*Waterford School [Grades K-12]


WASHINGTON

Vancouver

*Vancouver School of Arts & Academics [Grades 6-12]


WISCONSIN

Milwaukee

Lincoln Center of the Arts [Grades 6-8]

Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts  [Grades K-8]

HIGH SCHOOLS

All schools are Grades 9-12 unless otherwise noted

*= member of Arts School Network

ALABAMA

Birmingham

*Alabama School of Fine Arts 

Montgomery

*Booker T Washington Magnet High School 

Tuscaloosa

*Tuscaloosa Fine Arts Academ

Vestavia Hills

*Vestavia Hills High School 


ARIZONA

*Arizona School for the Arts


ARKANSAS

*Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences & the Arts [Grades 10-12]

Rogers

*Arkansas Arts Academy


CALIFORNIA

Fresno

Roosevelt School of the Arts

Huntington Beach

*Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Los Angeles

*ArTES Magnet

*Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)

*Idyllwild Arts Foundation/Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program

Oakland

*Oakland School for the Arts

Orange County

*Orange County School of the Arts

Napa

*The Oxbow School [Grades 10-12/Gap - Visual Arts only]

Pomona

*The School of Arts and Enterprise

San Diego

*Coronado School of the Arts

San Gabriel Valley

*California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley

*San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts


COLORADO

Aurora 

*Charles Burrell Visual and Performing Arts Campus

Colorado Springs

CIVA Charter High School 

Denver

*Denver School of the Arts

*Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy


CONNECTICUT

Wallingford

*Choate Rosemary Hall

Hartford

*CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts

Waterbury

*Waterbury Arts Magnet School


DELAWARE

Wilmington

*Cab Calloway School of the Arts


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

*Duke Ellington School of the Arts


FLORIDA

Boca Raton/Coconut Creek

*North Broward Preparatory School

Davenport

*Davenport School of the Arts

Fort Lauderdale

*Pine Crest School

Jacksonville

*Douglas Anderson School of the Arts

Lakeland

*Harrison School for the Arts

Orlando/Kissimmee

*Lake Highland Preparatory School

*The Osceola County School for the Arts

Miami

*New World School of the Arts

Palm Beach

G-Star School of the Arts  [Grades 9-12]

Saint Johns/Saint Augustine

St. Johns County Center for the Arts (SJCCA) at St. Augustine High School

St Petersburg

*Pinellas County Center for the Arts

Sarasota

*Booker Middle School

West Palm Beach

*Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts


GEORGIA

DeKalb

*DeKalb School of the Arts

Alpharetta

*Fulton Science Academy Private School

Jonesboro

*Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts

Atlanta

*Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Columbus

*Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts

*Utopian High School Academy for the Arts


HAWAII

Honolulu

*Mid-Pacific Institute


IDAHO

Meridian

*Idaho Fine Arts Academy


ILLINOIS

Chicago

*Art in Motion - Distinctive Schools

*Chicago Academy for the Arts

*Chicago High School for the Arts

*Walter H Dyett HS for the Arts


IOWA

Iowa City

*ICON Arts Academy


LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge

*Belaire Magnet High School

*Istrouma High School

New Orleans

*New Orleans Center for Creative Arts-NOCCA

*The Willow School [Grades 8-12]


MARYLAND

Annapolis

*Apex Arts- Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Baltimore

*Baltimore School for the Arts

*George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology

District Heights

*Center for the Visual and Performing Arts at Suitland High School

Rockville

*Montgomery County Public Schools

*Phoenix International School of the Arts


MASSACHUSETTS

Boston

*Boston Arts Academy

Natick

*Walnut Hill School for the Arts


MICHIGAN

Detroit

*Detroit School of Arts

Interlochen

*Interlochen Center for the Arts


MINNESOTA

Eden Prairie

*PiM Arts High School

Golden Valley

*Perpich Center for Arts Education  [Grades 11-12]

St Paul

*Creative Arts Secondary

*Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists


MISSISSIPPI

Brookhaven

*Mississippi School of the Arts


MISSOURI

St Louis

*Central Visual & Performing Arts High School

*Grand Center Arts Academy

Kansas City

*Kansas City Art Institute [Visual Arts only]

Springfield

*Springfield Conservatory of the Arts [Grades 6-12]


NEVADA

Las Vegas

*Del Sol Academy of the Performing Arts

*K.O. Knudson Middle School-Academy of the Arts

*Las Vegas Academy of the Arts


NEW JERSEY

Creative Arts Academy [Grades 6-12]


NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque

*Public Academy for Performing Arts [Grades 6-12]

Santa Fe

New Mexico School for the Arts


NEW YORK

Bronx

Bronx High School for the Visual Arts 

Fordham High School for the Arts

The High School for Contemporary Arts 

Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts

Theatre Arts Production Company School [Grades 6-12]

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School

Digital Arts & Cinema Technology High School

McKinney Secondary School of the Arts [Grades 6-12]

New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts

Manhattan

City College Academy of the Arts (CCAA) [Grades 6-12]

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

Gramercy Arts High School

The High School of Arts and Technology 

Lower Manhattan Arts Academy 

Professional Performing Arts School [Grades 6-12]

Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts

Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts (UASPA) 

Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts [Grades 6-12]

Mount Vernon

Denzel Washington School of the Arts  [Grades 6-12]

Syosset

*Long Island High School for the Arts


OHIO

Cincinnati

*School for Creative and Performing Arts  [Grades K-12]

Cleveland

*Cleveland School of the Arts

Columbus

The Arts & College Preparatory Academy  [Grades 7-12]

Columbus Arts & Technology Academy  [Grades EK-12]

Toledo

*Toledo School for the Arts  [Grades 6-12]


OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City

Capitol Hill High School

Harding Fine Arts Academy 

PENNSYLVANIA

Bethlehem

*Lehigh Valley Charter HS for the Arts

Midland

*Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School [Grades 7-12]

Philadelphia

Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush

The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts

Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School [Grades K-12]

Pittsburgh

*Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA)[Grades 6-12]

SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia

The Palmetto Center for the Arts

Greenville

*Fine Arts Center of Greenville County Schools, SC

*South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities  [Residential Program for grades 11-12: 10 in Music/Dance]

Spartanburg

*Fine Arts Preparatory School [K-12]


TENNESSEE

Chattanooga

*Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts [Grades 6-12]


TEXAS

Dallas

*Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

*Brenda Norwood Elementary

Fort Worth

*Fort Worth ISD Visual & Performing Arts

Grand Prairie

*Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy [Grades 6-12]

Houston

*Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

*The Kinkaid School [Grades K-12]


UTAH

Sandy

*Waterford School [Grades K-12]

St George

*Utah Arts Academy [Grades 8-12]


VIRGINIA

Norfolk

The Governor's School for the Arts

Petersburg

Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts & Technology


WASHINGTON

Vancouver

*Vancouver School of Arts & Academics [Grades 6-12]


WISCONSIN

Milwaukee

*Milwaukee High School of the Arts