North Coastal News

Victoria County schools enrolled 856 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is an 11.5% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 14,232 students enrolled in Victoria County schools, 6% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Victoria County enrolled the 48th 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
Aloe Elementary School	39	426
Bloomington Elementary School	12	265
Bloomington High School	14	239
Bloomington Junior High School	8	195
C. O. Chandler Elementary School	27	474
Childrens Learning Institute Early Education Cent	0	162
Crain Elementary School	20	416
Dudley Elementary School	18	484
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School	56	481
Harold Cade Middle School	114	740
Hopkins Elementary School	16	427
Howell Middle School	69	757
Liberty Credit Recovery	1	273
Liberty DAEP	2	84
Martin De Leon Elementary School	57	541
Mission Valley Elementary School	32	246
Nursery Elementary School	11	135
O'Connor Elementary School	14	396
Patti Welder Middle School	26	638
Placedo Elementary School	0	191
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School	24	423
Rowland Elementary School	20	421
Shields Elementary School	20	441
Smith Elementary School	15	158
Smith STEM Academy	18	392
Stroman Middle School	12	265
Stroman STEM Academy	31	448
Vickers Elementary School	63	505
Victoria East High School	53	1,845
Victoria West High School	64	1,766