West Texas News

Hale County schools enrolled 594 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 4.8% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 6,660 students enrolled in Hale County schools, 8.9% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Hale County enrolled the 74th highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School	Number of gifted and talented students	Total Number of students
Abernathy Elementary School	33	392
Abernathy High School	27	252
Abernathy Middle School	40	166
Akin Elementary School	1	250
Carr Middle School	1	193
College Hill Elementary	10	295
Coronado Middle School	79	622
Cotton Center School	6	96
DAEP	0	2
Edgemere Elementary School	23	364
Estacado Middle School	61	598
Hale Center High School	5	175
Hale County JJAEP	0	10
Highland Elementary School	27	352
Hillcrest Elementary School	10	296
La Mesa Elementary School	44	503
Petersburg School	26	291
Plainview High School	181	1,444
Thunderbird Elementary School	20	359