Centroplex News

Coryell County schools enrolled 878 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 76.2% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 15,167 students enrolled in Coryell County schools, 5.8% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Coryell County enrolled the 49th 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
Audie Murphy Middle School	39	812
C. R. Clements/Hollie Parsons Elementary School	39	784
Clarke Elementary School	13	560
Copperas Cove High School	154	2,205
Copperas Cove Junior High School	90	980
Cove Charter Academy	17	234
Crossroads High School	2	134
Evant Elementary School	0	124
Evant High School	6	149
Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary School	11	510
Gatesville Elementary School	32	603
Gatesville High School	76	848
Gatesville Intermediate School	63	632
Gatesville Junior High School	60	421
Gatesville Primary School	0	286
Hettie Halstead Elementary School	12	355
House Creek Elementary School	29	647
J. L. Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary School	21	705
Killeen ISD Early College High School	96	1,060
Leon Valley	0	27
Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy	0	313
Martin Walker Elementary School	31	486
Montague Village Elementary School	15	565
Oglesby School	1	185
Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary School	7	609
S. C. Lee Junior High	64	933