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Wharton County schools enrolled 513 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 6.9% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 7,969 students enrolled in Wharton County schools, 6.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Wharton County enrolled the 77th 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
Boling High School	18	355
C. G. Sivells Elementary School	8	487
East Bernard Elementary School	38	357
East Bernard High School	18	308
East Bernard Junior High School	37	266
El Campo High School	95	1,141
Elementary Campo Middle School	74	801
Hutchins Elementary School	26	714
Iago Junior High School	21	266
Louise Elementary School	5	247
Louise High School	9	137
Louise Junior High School	3	109
Myatt Elementary School	0	386
Newgulf Elementary School	18	480
Northside Elementary School	56	488
Wharton Elementary School	18	400
Wharton High School	32	583
Wharton Junior High School	37	444