Tyler Reporter

Wood County schools enrolled 343 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 6.2% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,324 students enrolled in Wood County schools, 5.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Wood County enrolled the 90th highest 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
Alba-Golden Elementary School	13	429
Alba-Golden High School	28	425
Alter School	0	7
Hawkins Elementary School	26	355
Hawkins High School / Middle	44	392
Mineola Elementary School	16	356
Mineola High School	22	461
Mineola Middle School	21	388
Mineola Primary School	1	427
Quitman Elementary School	17	585
Quitman High School	27	351
Quitman Junior High School	22	243
Winnsboro Elementary School	8	382
Winnsboro High School	29	479
Winnsboro Junior High School	41	369
Winnsboro Memorial Intermediate School	14	307
Yantis Elementary School	2	178
Yantis School	12	190