East Houston News

Liberty County schools enrolled 912 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 6.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 20,283 students enrolled in Liberty County schools, 4.5% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Liberty County enrolled the 48th highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

School	Number of gifted and talented students	Total Number of students
Austin Elementary School	14	758
Cleveland High School	79	2,262
Cleveland Middle School	139	2,238
Colbert Elementary School	0	208
Cottonwood Elementary School	43	1,056
Dayton High School	68	1,506
Devers Elementary School	0	147
Devers Junior High School	9	58
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program	0	10
Eastside Elementary School	44	1,158
Fredda Nottingham Alternative Education Center	0	5
Frederick A. Douglass Learning Academy	0	49
Hardin Elementary School	1	552
Hardin High School	11	338
Hardin Junior High School	0	335
Hull-Daisetta Elementary School	4	258
Hull-Daisetta High School	7	139
Hull-Daisetta Junior High School	6	64
Kimmie M. Brown Elementary School	18	766
Liberty Elementary School	59	639
Liberty High School	74	630
Liberty Middle School	52	526
Northside Elementary School	34	702
Premier High School of Dayton	0	79
Richter Elementary School	27	899
San Jacinto Elementary School	0	432
Southside Elementary School	75	1,413
Tarkington High School	33	490
Tarkington Intermediate School	11	225
Tarkington Middle School	27	397
Tarkington Primary School	5	606
Wilson Junior High School	72	1,338