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McMullen County schools enrolled 27 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 22.7% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 282 students enrolled in McMullen County schools, 9.6% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

McMullen County enrolled the 34th lowest 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
McMullen County School	27	282