Tyler Reporter

Rains County schools enrolled 112 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 5.7% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 1,754 students enrolled in Rains County schools, 6.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Rains County enrolled the 99th 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
Rains Elementary School	5	437
Rains High School	52	507
Rains Intermediate School	21	385
Rains Junior High School	34	425