A School for the Gifted?

Gynmasien are often conceived as schools for the gifted. This, however, depends on many factors; some states (such as Bavaria) select their students (by elementary grades or by entrance examination), and so do certain specialist schools, like the Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Meißen, in other states. However, even "the gifted" in this sense comprise a fourth or fifth of the population. Most other gymnasia have no such specific provision. Though gymnasia traditionally impose strict grading that causes students of average academic ability to struggle, many schools share the motto of the Skigymnasium CJD Christophorusschule: "No child left behind" ("Keiner darf verloren gehen").