Hill Country Chronicle

Real County schools enrolled 25 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 4.2% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 573 students enrolled in Real County schools, 4.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Real County enrolled the 34th 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
Big Springs Charter School	0	117
Leakey School	13	329
Nueces Canyon Elementary School	12	127