Hill Country Chronicle

Kerr County schools enrolled 503 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 13% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,753 students enrolled in Kerr County schools, 7.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Kerr County enrolled the 79th 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
Center Point Elementary	12	245
Center Point High School	1	156
Center Point Middle	16	126
Daniels Elementary School	22	520
Divide Elementary School	0	22
Early Childhood Center	0	179
Fred High Tally Elementary School	47	533
Hill Country High School	0	39
Hill Country Youth Ranch	0	107
Hunt School	13	184
Ingram Elementary School	25	533
Ingram Middle School	20	254
Ingram Tom Moore High School	24	315
Nimitz Elementary School	44	518
Pathways 3H Campus	0	30
Peterson Middle School	129	1,089
Starkey Elementary School	37	491
Tivy High School	113	1,412