Forest Country News

Nacogdoches County schools enrolled 559 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 4.6% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 10,496 students enrolled in Nacogdoches County schools, 5.3% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Nacogdoches County enrolled the 75th highest 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
Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary School	5	642
Central Heights Elementary School	27	516
Central Heights High School	26	337
Central Heights Middle School	21	284
Chireno Elementary School	27	282
Chireno High School	11	126
Cushing Elementary School	30	260
Cushing School	26	296
Douglass School	25	457
Emeline Carpenter Elementary School	0	369
Etoile Elementary School	5	94
Fredonia Elementary School	9	297
Garrison Elementary School	7	353
Garrison High School	23	227
Margie Chumbley Academy for Success	2	57
Martinsville School	23	345
McMichael Middle School	40	729
Mike Moses Middle School	51	669
Nacogdoches High School	140	1,754
Nettie Marshall Academy of Dual Language	6	383
Raguet Elementary School	9	499
Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School	0	256
Thomas Junior Rusk Elementary School	3	504
Woden Elementary School	11	402
Woden High School	22	210
Woden Junior High School	10	148