Forest Country News

Nacogdoches County schools enrolled 572 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 0.5% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 10,423 students enrolled in Nacogdoches County schools, 5.5% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Nacogdoches County enrolled the 64th 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	2	611
Central Heights Elementary School	30	488
Central Heights High School	28	338
Central Heights Middle School	23	278
Chireno Elementary School	21	274
Chireno High School	17	130
Cushing Elementary School	24	254
Cushing School	33	293
Douglass School	29	436
Emeline Carpenter Elementary School	0	384
Garrison Elementary School	6	355
Garrison High School	27	226
Margie Chumbley Academy for Success	0	75
McMichael Middle School	87	1,390
Nettie Marshall Academy of Dual Language	0	254
Raguet Elementary School	7	419
Thomas Junior Rusk Elementary School	5	504
Woden Elementary School	11	455
Woden High School	22	217
Woden Junior High School	7	163