Hill Country Chronicle

Val Verde County schools enrolled 836 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is an 8.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 10,643 students enrolled in Val Verde County schools, 7.9% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Val Verde County enrolled the 56th 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
Blended Academy	3	144
Buena Vista Elementary School	28	739
Comstock School	14	231
Del Rio Early College High School	110	472
Del Rio High School	256	2,467
Del Rio Middle 7th Grade Campus	103	781
Del Rio Middle 8TH Grade Campus	107	658
Dr. Fermin Calderon Elementary School	29	556
Dr. Lonnie Green Junior Elementary School	27	772
Garfield Elementary School	10	549
Heritage Academy of Del Rio	0	177
Heritage Academy of Del Rio Middle	7	263
Irene C. Cardwell Elementary School	0	378
Lamar Elementary School	18	478
North Heights Elementary School	16	575
Premier High School of Del Rio	0	98
Roberto Bobby Barrera Elementary STEM Magnet	8	120
Ruben Chavira Elementary School	9	458
San Felipe Memorial Middle School	91	727