Centroplex News

Bell County schools enrolled 3,686 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 9.3% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 77,688 students enrolled in Bell County schools, 4.7% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Bell County enrolled the 19th highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

School	Number of gifted and talented students	Total Number of students
Academy Elementary	0	182
Academy High School	65	530
Academy Intermediate	43	704
Academy Junior High	35	419
Alice W. Douse Elementary School	15	970
Audie Murphy Middle School	31	781
Bartlett Schools	15	461
Belton Early Childhood School	0	525
Belton High School	157	1,941
Belton Middle School	90	691
Bonham Middle School	60	622
Brookhaven Elementary School	6	584
C. E. Ellison High School	64	1,682
Cater Elementary School	13	322
Cedar Valley Elementary School	11	576
Charles E. Patterson Middle School	57	1,003
Chisholm Trail Elementary School	28	868
Clarke Elementary School	5	567
Clear Creek Elementary School	40	723
Clifton Park Elementary School	20	1,026
Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School	19	802
Eastern Hills Middle School	16	610
Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School	0	421
Elementary Alter Learning Center	0	17
Fred W. Edwards Academy Aec	0	107
Gateway High School	0	139
Gateway Middle School	0	58
Gateway Tech High School	0	50
Harker Heights Elementary School	9	724
Harker Heights High School	174	2,359
Hay Branch Elementary School	18	602
Haynes Elementary School	10	780
Hector P. Garcia Elementary School	14	437
High Point Elementary School	38	643
Holland Elementary School	11	310
Holland High School	19	193
Holland Middle School	15	131
Iduma Elementary School	12	852
Ira Cross Junior Elementary School	9	623
Jefferson Elementary School	40	491
Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School	55	606
Kennedy-Powell Elementary School	62	441
Killeen Elementary School	6	1,135
Killeen High School	49	2,076
Killeen ISD Early College High School	99	1,033
Kingsland School	0	118
Lake Belton High School	183	2,181
Lake Belton Middle School	134	826
Lakewood Elementary School	80	700
Lamar Middle School	47	520
Leon Heights Elementary School	16	216
Liberty Hill Middle School	24	694
Live Oak Ridge Middle School	22	729
Manor Middle School	18	614
Maude Moore Wood Elementary School	16	681
Maxdale Elementary School	10	569
Meadows Elementary School	21	830
Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy	0	418
Miller Heights Elementary School	14	317
Montague Village Elementary School	9	588
Mountain View Elementary School	14	787
New Horizons	0	48
Nolan Creek School	0	122
Nolan Middle School	100	1,178
Nolanville Elementary School	27	655
North Belton Middle School	101	857
Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary School	3	693
Palo Alto Middle School	15	790
Pat Carney Elementary School	14	743
Pathways Academic Campus	4	362
Peebles Elementary School	9	529
Pershing Park Elementary School	12	1,001
Rancier Middle School	15	722
Raye-Allen Elementary School	55	567
Reeces Creek Elementary School	10	856
Richard E. Cavazos Elementary School	8	607
Richard Milburn Academy Amarillo	0	151
Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi	0	249
Richard Milburn Academy Fort Worth	0	191
Richard Milburn Academy Houston (Suburban)	0	156
Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock	0	142
Richard Milburn Academy Midland South	0	145
Richard Milburn Academy Odessa	0	360
Richard Milburn Academy Pasadena	0	142
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	0	157
Robert M. Shoemaker High School	54	2,175
Rogers Elementary School	19	419
Rogers High School	34	280
Roy Junior Smith Middle School	97	1,327
Saegert Elementary School	36	954
Salado High School	58	716
Salado Middle School	46	591
Scott Elementary School	26	465
Skipcha Elementary School	28	925
South Belton Middle School	61	677
Southwest Elementary School	20	402
Sparta Elementary School	43	598
Tarver Elementary School	58	798
Temple High School	147	2,305
Thomas Arnold Elementary School	53	1,029
Thornton Elementary School	54	744
Timber Ridge Elementary School	12	796
Travis Science Academy	60	649
Trimmier Elementary School	14	740
Troy Elementary School	22	399
Troy High School	48	487
Union Grove Middle School	42	633
Venable Village Elementary School	5	605
Western Hills Elementary School	26	448
Willow Springs Elementary School	5	706