District research record · NCES 0408310
Tempe School District
Official local source reviewed. This page separates confirmed evidence from details families still need to verify directly with the district.
What the evidence confirms
Gifted Education
Our gifted programming meets the cognitive and affective needs of gifted and twice-exceptional students while also fostering recognition and development of gifted individual strengths.
How services work: PACE (Promoting Actualization through Creativity and Excellence) provides pull-out gifted services to students from kindergarten through 5th grade.
How students are identified: In our middle schools, students identified as gifted have the opportunity to enroll in honors classes.
- Grades or coverage
- Grades K-5
- Evidence level
- Official local source reviewed
- Source authority
- official school district website
- Last reviewed
- September 6, 2026
State context
Arizona gifted education requirements
Arizona requires public school districts to identify gifted learners and provide an integrated, differentiated learning experience during the regular school day.
For families: Each district must maintain a board-approved Gifted Scope and Sequence. State criteria include qualifying scores in verbal, nonverbal, or quantitative reasoning, while districts choose their local service model.
Geographic relationships
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