South Galveston News

Galveston County schools enrolled 4,746 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 34.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 60,264 students enrolled in Galveston County schools, 7.9% 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
Ambassadors Preparatory Academy	1	190
Art and Pat Goforth Elementary School	100	821
Austin Middle School	88	574
Ball High School	132	2,015
Bay Colony Elementary School	47	667
Bayside Intermediate School	64	979
Blocker Middle School	60	893
Burnet Elementary School	2	513
C. W. Cline Elementary School	32	816
Calder Road Elementary School	53	708
Calvin Vincent Pre-K Head Start	0	290
Campbell Elementary School	78	701
Central Middle School	1	557
Clear Creek High School	203	2,346
Clear Creek Intermediate School	16	769
Clear Falls High School	335	2,506
Clear Springs High School	349	2,777
Collegiate Academy	7	618
Creekside Intermediate School	33	887
Crenshaw Elementary and Middle School	4	136
Crosby Middle School	25	369
Darwin L. Gilmore Elementary School	80	737
Dickinson Continuation Center	0	70
Dickinson High School	173	3,500
Dunbar Middle School	41	666
Elva C. Lobit Middle School	52	527
Eugene 'Gene' Kranz Junior High School	104	963
Friendswood High School	171	1,983
Friendswood Junior High School	164	1,482
Fry Intermediate School	62	812
Galveston County Detention Center	0	17
Hayley Elementary School	4	561
Heights Elementary School	7	342
Henry Bauerschlag Elementary School	89	827
High Island School	10	158
Hitchcock Headstart	0	159
Hitchcock High School	26	429
Hitchcock Primary School	1	425
Hughes Road Elementary School	40	685
I. W. and Eleanor Hyde Elementary School	76	681
Jake Silbernagel Elementary School	36	619
James High Ross Elementary School	36	565
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School	107	585
Kenneth E. Little Elementary School	15	600
Kohfeldt Elementary School	15	431
La Marque High School	8	648
La Marque Middle School	4	503
Lavace Stewart Elementary School	65	704
League City Elementary School	39	722
League City Intermediate School	643	1,108
Lloyd R. Ferguson Elementary School	83	687
Louis G. Lobit Elementary School	58	760
Mainland Preparatory Academy	0	360
Manual Guajardo Junior Elementary School	43	502
Moody Early Childhood Center	0	141
Morgan Elementary Magnet School	6	534
Odyssey Academy - Galveston	35	881
Oppe Elementary School	42	572
Parker Elementary School	9	474
R. D. McAdams Junior High School	25	912
Ralph Parr Elementary School	82	732
Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School	28	535
Rosenberg Elementary Laboratory for Learning and Leading	1	401
Roy Junior Wollam Elementary School	16	664
San Leon Elementary School	20	643
Sandra Mossman Elementary School	66	792
Santa Fe High School	82	1,345
Santa Fe Junior High School	47	1,024
Simms Elementary School	15	495
Stewart Elementary School	13	335
Texas City High School	67	1,729
Victory Lakes Intermediate School	56	959
Walter Hall Elementary School	58	505
Westwood Elementary School	24	663
William F. Barnett Elementary School	20	674
Windsong Intermediate School	80	647
Woodrow Wilson DAEP	2	68
Zue School Bales Intermediate	70	589