Centroplex News

Milam County schools enrolled 186 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 17% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 4,421 students enrolled in Milam County schools, 4.2% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Milam County enrolled the 120th 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
Ben Milam Elementary School	0	427
Buckholts School	5	141
Cameron Elementary School	2	332
Cameron Middle School	25	396
Cameron Yoe High School	34	476
Gause Elementary School	9	167
Junior Highw Inspire Academy - Rockdale	0	57
Milano Elementary School	8	151
Milano High School	16	149
Milano Junior High School	10	96
Rockdale Elementary School	2	348
Rockdale High School	19	431
Rockdale Intermediate School	16	326
Rockdale Junior High School	19	348
Thorndale Elementary School	1	234
Thorndale High School	17	220
Thorndale Middle School	3	122