Gifted and Talented (GATE)

At the elementary school level, SCUSD offers three GATE models: 

GATE School-Wide Cluster Model Services 

District GATE Cohort classes serve gifted students from surrounding schools, as well as their own students. GATE classes in GATE Centers are composed of predominately GATE identified students. These classes are taught by teachers who have completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate.

GATE Neighborhood Model Services

Cluster Model Programs serve gifted students from their own school. Gifted students are clustered with other GATE students in a general education classroom. GATE classes are taught by teachers who have completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate.

GATE Cohort Model Services

Students identified for GATE services are supported through in-class differentiated learning strategies at their own school site in a general education classroom taught by a teacher who has completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate. 

Students in 7th and 8th grade are not included in the GATE identification process in the Sacramento City Unified School District. Students who are identified as GATE in grades second through sixth will continue to be identified as GATE students throughout their middle and high school years. These classes include GATE identified students as well as students who have demonstrated high achievement or high potential.

All Middle Schools offer GATE classes in the core subject areas: English/Language Arts, Science, and History. Students who are advanced in Mathematics are offered courses appropriate for their level to ensure academic and mental engagement.