Corpus Christi Sun

San Patricio County schools enrolled 710 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 1.4% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 13,838 students enrolled in San Patricio County schools, 5.1% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

San Patricio 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
A. C. Blunt Middle School	14	353
Andrews Elementary School	12	557
Aransas Pass High School	14	505
Austin Elementary School	18	465
Blaschke/Sheldon Elementary School	10	298
Charlie Marshall Elementary School	22	346
Clark Elementary School	23	594
Coastal Horizons Academy	0	58
E. Merle Smith Middle School	24	484
East Cliff Elementary School	47	560
Gilbert Junior Mircovich Elementary School	8	432
Gregory-Portland High School	86	1,395
Gregory-Portland Middle School	116	1,149
H. T. Faulk Elementary School	25	440
Ingleside High School	19	633
Ingleside Primary School	3	350
Juvenile Detention Center	0	2
Leon Taylor Junior High School	14	339
Mathis Elementary School	9	478
Mathis High School	31	445
Mathis Intermediate School	7	234
Mathis Middle School	14	347
Odem Elementary School	5	221
Odem High School	20	271
Odem Intermediate School	11	164
Odem Junior High School	24	190
Ricardo L. Trevino Junior High School	15	217
Sinton Elementary School	8	391
Sinton High School	69	621
Taft High School	15	279
Welder Elementary School	18	576
Woodroe Petty Elementary School	9	444