Upper East Texas News

Cass County schools enrolled 379 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 3.6% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 5,340 students enrolled in Cass County schools, 7.1% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Cass County enrolled the 88th highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

School	Number of gifted and talented students	Total Number of students
Atlanta Elementary School	41	400
Atlanta High School	56	469
Atlanta Middle School	50	410
Atlanta Primary School	26	569
Avinger School	2	140
Bloomburg School	4	250
Hughes Springs Elementary School	20	527
Hughes Springs High School	17	324
Hughes Springs Junior High School	9	270
J. K. Hileman Elementary School	6	365
Linden Elementary School	15	301
Linden-Kildare High School	15	189
Mae Luster Stephens Junior High School	18	136
McLeod Elementary School	4	153
McLeod High School	14	128
McLeod Middle School	17	115
Morris Upchurch Middle School	24	261
Queen City High School	41	333