Hill Country Chronicle

Llano County schools enrolled 88 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 27.5% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 2,006 students enrolled in Llano County schools, 4.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Llano County enrolled the 82nd 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
Kingsland School	0	125
Llano Elementary School	22	376
Llano High School	23	529
Llano Junior High School	34	412
Packsaddle Elementary School	9	564