Upper East Texas News

Titus County schools enrolled 518 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 1.6% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,990 students enrolled in Titus County schools, 7.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Titus County enrolled the 78th 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
Annie Sims Elementary School	16	478
Chapel Hill Elementary School	40	463
Chapel Hill High School	25	340
Chapel Hill Junior High School	21	243
Child Development Center	0	461
E. C. Brice Elementary School	27	432
Frances Corprew Elementary School	12	403
Harts Bluff Early College High School	5	109
Harts Bluff Elementary School	12	696
Mount Pleasant DAEP	1	24
Mount Pleasant High School	141	1,508
Mount Pleasant Junior High School	106	787
P. E. Wallace Middle School	83	663
Vivian Fowler Elementary School	29	383