Central Texas News

Caldwell County schools enrolled 413 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is an 8.4% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 8,148 students enrolled in Caldwell County schools, 5.1% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Caldwell County enrolled the 84th 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
Alma Brewer Strawn Elementary School	10	514
Bluebonnet Elementary School	16	555
Clear Fork Elementary School	25	477
George W. Carver Early Education Center	0	240
Gilbert Gerdes Junior High School	16	311
Leonard Shanklin Elementary School	44	698
Lockhart High School	121	1,862
Lockhart Junior High School	103	1,385
Lockhart Pride High School	0	48
Luling High School	25	431
Navarro Elementary School	22	529
Pegasus School	0	157
Plum Creek Elementary School	20	518
Prairie Lea School	11	235
The Excel Center for Adults - Lockhart	0	188