North Coastal News

Matagorda County schools enrolled 310 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 13.1% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 7,084 students enrolled in Matagorda County schools, 4.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Matagorda County enrolled the 89th 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
Bay City High School	21	1,031
Bay City Junior High School	13	789
Blessing Elementary School	12	284
Central Elementary School	17	349
Cherry Elementary School	0	466
Markham Elementary School	16	254
Matagorda School	5	89
Palacios High School	17	383
Palacios Junior High School	23	293
Roberts Elementary School	8	513
Tenie Holmes Elementary School	5	780
Tidehaven High School	14	274
Tidehaven Intermediate School	30	233
Van Vleck Elementary School	20	303
Van Vleck High School	39	355
Van Vleck Intermediate School	19	170
Van Vleck Junior High School	21	243