East Central Texas News

Anderson County schools enrolled 286 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 3.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 7,960 students enrolled in Anderson County schools, 3.6% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Anderson County enrolled the 95th 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
Cayuga Elementary School	2	257
Cayuga High School	17	171
Elkhart Elementary School	8	327
Elkhart High School	13	315
Elkhart Intermediate School	16	282
Elkhart Middle School	19	270
Frankston Elementary School	6	373
Frankston High School	28	245
Frankston Middle School	18	184
Neches High School	15	140
Northside Primary School	0	465
Palestine High School	31	998
Palestine Junior High School	15	493
Slocum High School	4	93
Slocum PK - 8	5	256
Southside Elementary School	9	447
Story Intermediate School	8	673
Washington Early Childhood Center	0	221
Westwood Elementary School	27	408
Westwood High School	10	438
Westwood Junior High School	10	205
Westwood Primary School	7	363