Hill Country Chronicle

Blanco County schools enrolled 89 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 12.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 1,625 students enrolled in Blanco County schools, 5.5% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Blanco County enrolled the 85th lowest 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
Blanco Elementary School	17	408
Blanco High School	27	355
Blanco Middle School	20	248
Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School	4	238
Lyndon B. Johnson High School	11	209
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	10	167