Grayson Times

Cooke County schools enrolled 371 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 3.1% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,897 students enrolled in Cooke County schools, 5.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Cooke County enrolled the 81st 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	19	549
Callisburg High School	22	355
Callisburg Middle School	12	256
DAEP	0	6
Edison Elementary School	3	683
Era School	45	542
Gainesville High School	48	863
Gainesville Intermediate School	32	408
Gainesville Junior High School	32	426
Lindsay Elementary School	19	257
Lindsay High School	19	229
Muenster Elementary School	7	307
Muenster High School	8	256
Sivells Bend Elementary School	3	70
Valley View Elementary School	22	373
Valley View High School	23	266
Valley View Middle School	22	281
W. E. Chalmers Elementary School	35	716
Walnut Bend Elementary School	0	54