Forest Country News

Polk County schools enrolled 335 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is an 8.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 7,133 students enrolled in Polk County schools, 4.7% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Polk County enrolled the 86th 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
Big Sandy School	32	512
Cedar Grove Elementary School	19	513
Corrigan-Camden Elementary School	15	401
Corrigan-Camden High School	40	240
Corrigan-Camden Junior High School	22	195
Creekside Elementary School	8	515
Goodrich Elementary School	0	140
Goodrich High School	0	74
Goodrich Middle School	1	48
Leggett Elementary School	5	143
Leggett High School	10	80
Livingston High School	71	1,128
Livingston High School Academy	0	15
Livingston Junior High School	44	893
Onalaska Elementary School	32	712
Onalaska Junior/Senior High School	24	527
Pine Ridge Primary School	0	475
Timber Creek Elementary School	12	522