Tyler Reporter

Wood County schools enrolled 397 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 15.7% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,377 students enrolled in Wood County schools, 6.2% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Wood County enrolled the 77th 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	19	404
Alba-Golden High School	31	414
Alter School	0	5
Hawkins Elementary School	19	383
Hawkins High School / Middle	48	386
Mineola Elementary School	15	353
Mineola High School	20	466
Mineola Middle School	28	381
Mineola Primary School	6	443
Quitman Elementary School	29	581
Quitman High School	30	365
Quitman Junior High School	25	270
Winnsboro Elementary School	2	355
Winnsboro High School	39	492
Winnsboro Junior High School	42	360
Winnsboro Memorial Intermediate School	22	332
Yantis Elementary School	10	192
Yantis School	12	195