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Table 204.90.Percentage of public school students enrolled in gifted and talented programs, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state or jurisdiction: Selected school years, 2004 through 2020-21
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State or jurisdiction 2004, total 2006, total 2011-12, total 2013-14, total 2017-18, total 2020-21
Total Sex Race/ethnicity
Male Female American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian Black Hispanic Pacific Islander White Two or more races
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
   United States  6.7 (0.05) 6.7 (0.04) 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.0 6.3 4.4 12.4 3.4 4.3 3.7 7.7 6.7
Alabama 4.8 (0.11) 5.5 (0.06) 8.4 8.4 6.1 5.6 5.3 6.0 7.1 10.6 2.9 3.4 4.0 7.5 4.5
Alaska 4.1 (0.19) 4.1 (0.19) 4.7 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.7 6.3 3.7 4.4 3.3 6.2 5.0
Arizona 5.9 (0.17) 6.3 (0.11) 5.8 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.6 3.9 1.3 6.8 1.9 2.7 3.6 6.5 5.3
Arkansas 9.9 (0.65) 9.5 (0.43) 9.8 9.8 9.3 8.3 7.6 9.0 6.3 14.3 5.7 5.6 2.3 10.0 7.4
California 8.4 (0.18) 8.3 (0.21) 8.2 7.8 6.1 5.0 4.9 5.2 3.0 9.6 3.1 4.1 4.8 6.1 5.6

Colorado

6.7



(0.11)

6.8


(0.11)

6.5

7.7

7.4

7.3

7.8

6.8

3.3

12.9

2.9

3.4

3.8

10.0

8.7
Connecticut 3.0 (0.32) 3.8 (0.41) 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7 0.8 3.3 0.9 1.0 1.0 2.1 1.9
Delaware 4.6 1 (†) 5.6 1 (†) 2.0 2.3 1.4 1.8 1.5 2.2 1.6 4.8 1.6 0.8 3.4 2.2 1.4
District of Columbia --- (†) --- (†) 0.1 # # # # #
Florida 4.5 (0.06) 4.7 (0.05) 5.4 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.9 6.0 4.3 14.2 2.7 5.1 5.0 8.2 6.4

Georgia

8.9



(0.30)

9.3


(0.35)

10.4

12.9

10.5

10.4

10.0

10.9

8.8

25.5

5.1

5.7

11.6

15.9

12.0
Hawaii 5.7 (0.57) 6.2 1 (†) 1.4 3.0 1.1 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 0.4 0.9 0.6 1.9 1.8
Idaho 3.9 (0.23) 4.2 (0.20) 3.0 3.6 3.9 4.4 4.5 4.3 1.5 11.1 3.9 1.8 2.7 5.0 4.7
Illinois 5.4 (0.22) 5.8 (0.24) 3.5 6.8 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.0 12.3 1.6 3.0 4.9 4.8 4.9
Indiana 7.1 (0.49) 7.9 (0.40) 12.6 12.1 12.0 10.5 10.6 10.3 8.2 18.7 3.7 5.7 7.3 12.5 9.2

Iowa

8.5



(0.38)

8.2


(0.26)

9.3

9.4

9.9

8.1

8.1

8.0

3.5

11.8

3.0

4.2

1.6

9.2

6.7
Kansas 3.3 (0.11) 3.0 (0.12) 2.9 2.7 14.7 2.0 2.3 1.8 1.1 6.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 2.4 2.2
Kentucky 13.0 (0.54) 14.6 (0.50) 12.7 15.8 13.3 12.1 11.4 12.8 10.7 19.8 5.9 6.3 10.9 13.5 10.2
Louisiana 3.9 (0.32) 3.4 (0.13) 3.0 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.0 4.5 3.3 11.8 1.9 2.5 2.6 5.4 4.2
Maine 3.0 (0.36) 3.2 (0.19) 4.6 4.9 5.4 4.8 4.6 5.1 2.1 8.2 1.7 3.3 3.9 5.0 4.5

Maryland

13.8


1

(†)

16.1

1

(†)

15.8

16.0

18.5

12.5

11.0

14.1

17.5

40.6

10.2

11.8

15.8

21.8

18.6
Massachusetts 0.8 (0.13) 0.7 (0.10) 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.6
Michigan 3.9 (0.37) 3.4 (0.29) 1.9 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.5 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.7
Minnesota 8.1 (0.37) 8.8 (0.28) 8.0 7.2 8.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 2.1 10.7 3.7 4.2 3.3 6.7 6.4
Mississippi 6.0 (0.19) 6.1 (0.20) 6.7 6.7 6.4 5.8 5.6 6.0 4.6 11.0 2.9 5.2 6.9 9.1 6.4

Missouri

3.8



(0.12)

3.6


(0.11)

4.0

4.2

3.8

4.6

4.7

4.4

2.7

11.5

2.5

3.0

1.5

5.0

5.1
Montana 5.6 (0.28) 5.2 (0.20) 4.2 3.8 3.2 4.8 4.9 4.7 1.2 6.8 2.7 3.4 5.0 5.4 5.3
Nebraska 11.4 (0.31) 11.4 (0.24) 11.8 12.0 11.0 10.9 10.8 11.0 3.9 17.5 4.7 5.6 6.2 13.1 9.6
Nevada 1.9 (0.01) 1.9 1 (†) 2.0 3.3 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.2 4.1 0.6 1.1 1.4 3.6 2.9
New Hampshire 2.3 (0.55) 2.6 (0.54) 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.3

New Jersey

6.9



(0.38)

7.0


(0.35)

6.5

5.9

5.2

7.4

6.7

8.1

5.5

14.8

4.0

4.2

10.5

9.4

6.6
New Mexico 10.7 (0.26) 4.0 (0.14) 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.2 2.5 15.5 3.6 3.1 5.3 8.5 6.8
New York 2.2 (0.18) 2.9 (0.13) 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 3.7 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.0
North Carolina 10.9 (0.83) 10.8 (0.42) 10.6 10.0 10.5 10.4 10.3 10.4 6.8 21.0 4.0 5.0 7.1 15.6 9.2
North Dakota 3.1 (0.30) 2.8 (0.18) 3.3 2.3 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 5.5 1.1 0.5 1.2 2.0 1.3

Ohio

7.4



(0.40)

7.3


(0.33)

3.7

4.3

7.9

8.4

8.6

8.2

5.9

16.1

1.9

3.8

5.5

10.4

6.1
Oklahoma 14.0 (0.45) 13.7 (0.39) 13.9 13.7 14.0 12.5 12.1 13.0 12.6 24.1 6.0 8.6 6.5 15.5 10.7
Oregon 7.1 (0.20) 6.9 (0.16) 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.4 5.9 1.9 14.9 3.0 2.9 2.5 7.0 8.0
Pennsylvania 4.8 (0.19) 4.5 (0.17) 3.8 3.7 3.3 2.9 3.0 2.8 1.7 6.8 0.7 0.9 3.1 3.6 2.5
Rhode Island 1.8 (0.38) 1.4 (0.21) 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

South Carolina

12.7



(0.98)

11.0


(0.57)

12.0

13.4

15.3

15.0

13.7

16.3

9.2

30.3

6.7

9.4

14.8

21.7

13.7
South Dakota 2.2 (0.20) 2.7 (0.17) 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.1 1.9 0.1 5.3 1.2 1.0 1.5 2.4 1.3
Tennessee 3.3 (0.18) 1.7 (0.10) 2.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 5.1 1.2 1.0 0.6 1.7 1.8
Texas 8.0 (0.10) 7.6 (0.07) 7.7 7.6 7.9 8.2 8.2 8.2 6.3 19.6 4.3 6.6 5.7 11.2 10.1
Utah 4.6 (0.29) 5.0 (0.05) 3.9 4.7 5.4 4.4 4.1 4.7 1.7 12.1 5.0 4.0 4.5 4.7 3.6

Vermont

0.8



(0.17)

0.8


(0.15)

0.3

0.4

0.1

#

#

0.1






#

Virginia 12.1 (0.38) 12.6 (0.32) 11.8 12.1 13.5 12.3 11.9 12.7 12.0 23.0 7.6 8.9 13.9 15.5 14.3
Washington 3.8 (0.10) 3.9 (0.13) 3.5 3.3 5.6 6.0 6.2 5.7 1.9 15.0 2.6 2.3 1.4 6.9 6.5
West Virginia 2.2 (0.19) 2.2 (0.21) 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 8.3 0.8 1.1 2.3 1.7 1.6
Wisconsin 6.8 (0.47) 6.4 (0.35) 6.0 6.2 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 1.0 6.7 2.7 3.5 2.9 4.8 4.8
Wyoming 3.2 ! (1.04) 2.2 (0.35) 3.3 3.6 2.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 0.2 4.0 0.8 1.1 2.6 2.1 1.0

Other jurisdictions




















  Puerto Rico --- (†) --- (†) --- --- --- # # # #
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
1Data are based on universe counts of schools and school districts; therefore, these figures do not have standard errors.
NOTE: Data for 2011-12 through 2020-21 are based on universe counts of schools and school districts; therefore, these figures do not have standard errors. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection: 2004, 2006, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2017-18, and 2020-21. (This table was prepared February 2024.)

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