SE Texas Times

Hardin County schools enrolled 659 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 10.4% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 10,429 students enrolled in Hardin County schools, 6.3% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Hardin County enrolled the 59th 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
China Elementary School	21	558
Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle School	37	633
Hardin-Jefferson High School	47	749
Henderson Middle School	40	617
Kountze Elementary School	7	313
Kountze High School	30	327
Kountze Intermediate School	22	243
Laura Reeves Primary School	0	308
Lumberton High School	84	1,229
Lumberton Intermediate School	18	622
Lumberton Middle School	77	969
Lumberton Primary School	28	982
New AE	0	6
Silsbee Elementary School	123	1,017
Silsbee High School	24	814
Sour Lake Elementary School	38	767
West Hardin Elementary School	14	281