Original research
Gifted & Talented Testing Research
We hand-researched gifted and talented (G&T) program and testing details for 573 U.S. public school districts against public district publications. Here's what that research shows so far, plus how we built it.
As of 2026-09-01, computed from our own directory data.
573
School districts researched, across 39 states.
98
Districts with a confirmed gifted and talented test on file, covering an estimated 4.4M students.
Which tests are most common?
Among the 98 districts with a confirmed test, here's how many districts use each (a district can use more than one):
Per district publications. Browse the test guides for what each test measures.
State-by-state coverage
The states with the most districts in our directory so far:
Methodology
We start from U.S. Department of Education (NCES Common Core of Data) district directory and enrollment files and Census ACS 5-year median household income estimates to identify sizable public school districts. Gifted and talented program details — whether a district tests, which test it uses, entry grades, application windows, and score cutoffs — are not available in any nationally machine-readable dataset we've found, so we research each district's own published G&T program page directly. A district shows a confirmed test only when we found one named in a district publication; otherwise the page says so and links to general test guides instead of guessing.
This directory grows as we research more districts — check back for updated counts.
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