South Galveston News

Galveston County schools enrolled 4,775 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 32.4% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 61,051 students enrolled in Galveston County schools, 7.8% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Galveston County enrolled the 16th 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
Aim College & Career Prep	1	89
Ambassadors Preparatory Academy	26	246
Art and Pat Goforth Elementary School	93	782
Austin Middle School	103	574
Ball High School	147	2,053
Bay Colony Elementary School	51	674
Bayside Intermediate School	60	942
Blocker Middle School	43	896
Burnet Elementary School	1	517
C. W. Cline Elementary School	53	773
Calder Road Elementary School	61	653
Calvin Vincent Pre-K Head Start	0	268
Campbell Elementary School	59	640
Central Middle School	1	583
Clear Creek High School	206	2,381
Clear Creek Intermediate School	15	762
Clear Falls High School	333	2,564
Clear Springs High School	352	2,833
Coastal Alternative Program (Cap)	0	4
Collegiate Academy	7	692
Creekside Intermediate School	30	901
Crenshaw Elementary and Middle School	5	132
Crosby Middle School	25	367
Dan Junior Kubacak Elementary School	7	669
Darwin L. Gilmore Elementary School	85	734
Dickinson Continuation Center	0	70
Dickinson High School	178	3,337
Dunbar Middle School	22	638
Elva C. Lobit Middle School	22	474
Eugene 'Gene' Kranz Junior High School	75	979
Friendswood High School	173	2,029
Friendswood Junior High School	157	1,490
Fry Intermediate School	61	894
Galveston County Detention Center	0	9
Galveston County JJAEP	0	1
Hayley Elementary School	3	535
Heights Elementary School	10	375
Henry Bauerschlag Elementary School	109	795
High Island School	9	171
Hitchcock Headstart	0	145
Hitchcock High School	27	378
Hitchcock Primary School	1	420
Hughes Road Elementary School	52	663
I. W. and Eleanor Hyde Elementary School	82	652
Jake Silbernagel Elementary School	40	614
James High Ross Elementary School	40	562
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School	131	712
Kenneth E. Little Elementary School	19	587
Kohfeldt Elementary School	8	437
La Marque High School	13	716
La Marque Middle School	5	525
Lavace Stewart Elementary School	63	694
League City Elementary School	41	739
League City Intermediate School	603	1,083
Lloyd R. Ferguson Elementary School	64	702
Louis G. Lobit Elementary School	49	623
Mainland Preparatory Academy	0	397
Manual Guajardo Junior Elementary School	39	507
Moody Early Childhood Center	0	106
Morgan Elementary Magnet School	6	506
Odyssey Academy - Galveston	37	903
Oppe Elementary School	53	587
Parker Elementary School	10	530
R. D. McAdams Junior High School	18	892
Ralph Parr Elementary School	87	759
Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School	27	612
Rosenberg Elementary Laboratory for Learning and Leading	0	329
Roy Junior Wollam Elementary School	16	640
San Leon Elementary School	30	698
Sandra Mossman Elementary School	71	776
Santa Fe High School	83	1,323
Santa Fe Junior High School	57	1,030
Simms Elementary School	5	472
Stewart Elementary School	18	334
Texas City High School	78	1,782
Texas City JJAEP	0	1
Transforming Lives Cooperative (Tlc)	0	7
Victory Lakes Intermediate School	50	1,052
Walter Hall Elementary School	62	503
Westwood Elementary School	28	622
William F. Barnett Elementary School	20	680
Windsong Intermediate School	87	606
Woodrow Wilson DAEP	0	20
Zue School Bales Intermediate	72	599