Upper East Texas News

Cass County schools enrolled 396 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 0.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 5,435 students enrolled in Cass County schools, 7.3% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Cass 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
Atlanta Elementary School	43	449
Atlanta High School	59	476
Atlanta Middle School	41	369
Atlanta Primary School	20	585
Avinger School	0	123
Hughes Springs Elementary School	39	535
Hughes Springs High School	10	338
Hughes Springs Junior High School	30	276
J. K. Hileman Elementary School	8	384
Linden Elementary School	12	340
Linden-Kildare High School	13	187
Mae Luster Stephens Junior High School	16	133
McLeod Elementary School	14	165
McLeod High School	17	109
McLeod Middle School	14	140
Morris Upchurch Middle School	20	274
Queen City High School	38	296