Enrollment
Elkhorn School is a choice school for GATE identified students only.
A lottery is held in February for the limited number of seats for admission. Those not chosen by lottery will be placed on a waitlist and called when space is available.
For more information, please see the GATE Handbook on the Academics page or call (209) 953-8318.
GATE Qualifying Criteria
GATE students are identified by the criteria shown below. For more information, please visit the district Academics page.
3rd Grade
Two qualifying scores from the assessments below:
- GATE Ability Test administered during the second month of 3rd Grade
- Reading Lexile score from the first trimester from 3rd Grade
- GATE Math Assessment from end-of-year 2nd grade
If necessary, an alternative assessment may be used.
4th - 8th Grade
Two Standard Exceeded (Level 4) on the most recent Standardized Assessment (Math and ELA).