East Houston News

Chambers County schools enrolled 662 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 19.9% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 9,778 students enrolled in Chambers County schools, 6.8% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Chambers County enrolled the 66th 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
Alternative School	0	9
Anahuac Elementary School	13	610
Anahuac High School	18	394
Anahuac Middle School	33	322
Barbers Hill Elementary North	71	921
Barbers Hill Elementary South	53	1,006
Barbers Hill High School	164	1,778
Barbers Hill Middle North	98	703
Barbers Hill Middle South	61	806
Clark Elementary School	71	733
Early Childhood Center	6	987
East Chambers Elementary School	15	333
East Chambers High School	21	436
East Chambers Junior High School	38	345
East Chambers Primary School	0	395