Hill Country Chronicle

Llano County schools enrolled 69 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 9.2% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 1,863 students enrolled in Llano County schools, 3.7% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Llano County enrolled the 71st lowest 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
Kingsland School	0	132
Llano Elementary School	13	360
Llano High School	33	510
Llano Junior High School	21	401
Packsaddle Elementary School	2	460