Hill Country Chronicle

Llano County schools enrolled 95 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is an 8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 1,937 students enrolled in Llano County schools, 4.9% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Llano County enrolled the 85th 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
Llano Elementary School	21	366
Llano High School	36	552
Llano Junior High School	26	423
Packsaddle Elementary School	12	596