Hill Country Chronicle

Real County schools enrolled 32 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 6.7% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 485 students enrolled in Real County schools, 6.6% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Real County enrolled the 42nd lowest 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
Nueces Canyon Elementary School	15	144
Nueces Canyon Junior High/High School	9	104
Rocksprings K-12	8	237