Hill Country Chronicle

San Saba County schools enrolled 71 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 22.4% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 962 students enrolled in San Saba County schools, 7.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

San Saba County enrolled the 67th 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
Cherokee School	11	139
Richland Springs School	12	139
San Saba Elementary School	7	294
San Saba High School	25	180
San Saba Middle School	16	210