SE Texas Times

Hardin County schools enrolled 579 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 1.5% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 10,667 students enrolled in Hardin County schools, 5.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Hardin County enrolled the 72nd highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School	Number of gifted and talented students	Total Number of students
Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle School	30	634
Hardin-Jefferson High School	48	726
Henderson Middle School	44	569
Kountze Elementary School	5	301
Kountze High School	37	346
Kountze Intermediate School	23	229
Kountze Middle School	15	251
Laura Reeves Primary School	0	320
Lumberton Early Childhood School	0	426
Lumberton High School	83	1,213
Lumberton Intermediate School	50	938
Lumberton Middle School	43	662
Lumberton Primary School	25	963
Silsbee Elementary School	83	1,001
Silsbee High School	32	763
Sour Lake Elementary School	15	757
West Hardin Elementary School	18	291
West Hardin High School	28	277