Grayson Times

Cooke County schools enrolled 339 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 0.9% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,666 students enrolled in Cooke County schools, 5.1% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Cooke County enrolled the 91st 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
Callisburg Elementary School	15	546
Callisburg High School	22	339
Callisburg Middle School	14	244
DAEP	0	2
Edison Elementary School	2	637
Era School	34	472
Gainesville High School	58	840
Gainesville Intermediate School	34	443
Gainesville Junior High School	21	443
Lindsay Elementary School	11	250
Lindsay High School	21	239
Muenster Elementary School	6	294
Muenster High School	14	230
Sivells Bend Elementary School	0	49
Valley View Elementary School	16	345
Valley View High School	17	261
Valley View Middle School	20	280
W. E. Chalmers Elementary School	34	694
Walnut Bend Elementary School	0	58