SE Texas Times

Orange County schools enrolled 646 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 1.3% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 14,682 students enrolled in Orange County schools, 4.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Orange County enrolled the 60th 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
Bridge City Elementary School	8	843
Bridge City High School	19	894
Bridge City Intermediate School	12	712
Bridge City Middle School	11	695
Lit Cypr-Mrceville High School	82	1,014
Little Cypress Elementary School	14	653
Little Cypress Intermediate School	9	313
Little Cypress Junior High School	13	497
M. B. North Early Childhood Learning Center	0	323
Mauriceville Elementary School	8	571
Mauriceville Middle School	9	292
Oak Forest Elementary School	23	672
Orangefield Elementary School	37	873
Orangefield High School	24	549
Orangefield Junior High School	26	434
Pine Forest Elementary School	18	606
Vidor High School	78	1,193
Vidor Junior High School	53	628
Vidor Middle School	51	627
West Orange-Stark Elementary School	51	1,130
West Orange-Stark High School	30	660
West Orange-Stark Middle School	45	505