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Maverick County schools enrolled 910 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 7.3% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 13,385 students enrolled in Maverick County schools, 6.8% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Maverick County enrolled the 50th 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
Armando Cerna Elementary School	60	512
Benavides Heights Elementary School	16	275
C. C. Winn High School	163	2,046
DAEP	1	15
Dena Kelso Graves Elementary School	28	452
Eagle Pass High School	218	2,277
Eagle Pass Junior High School	107	1,005
Early Childhood Center	0	411
Henry B. Gonzalez Elementary School	11	344
Juan N. Seguin Elementary School	13	274
Kennedy Elementary School	0	358
Language Development Center	0	437
Liberty Elementary School	43	467
Maude Mae Kirchner Elementary School	10	116
Memorial Junior High School	61	1,007
Nellie Mae Glass Elementary School	36	425
Perfecto Mancha Elementary School	26	479
Pete Gallego Elementary School	22	347
Ray High Darr Elementary School	29	388
Rosita Valley Elementary School	17	393
Rosita Valley Literacy Academy	0	331
Sam Houston Elementary School	15	420
San Luis Elementary School	12	324
Seco Mines Elementary School	22	282