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Maverick County schools enrolled 846 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 7% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 13,935 students enrolled in Maverick County schools, 6.1% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Maverick County enrolled the 49th 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	55	537
Benavides Heights Elementary School	10	301
C. C. Winn High School	148	2,001
DAEP	1	23
Dena Kelso Graves Elementary School	27	507
Eagle Pass High School	216	2,369
Eagle Pass Junior High School	101	1,051
Early Childhood Center	0	478
Henry B. Gonzalez Elementary School	7	374
Juan N. Seguin Elementary School	8	279
Kennedy Elementary School	0	376
Language Development Center	0	442
Liberty Elementary School	38	504
Maude Mae Kirchner Elementary School	12	132
Memorial Junior High School	60	976
Nellie Mae Glass Elementary School	34	446
Perfecto Mancha Elementary School	22	492
Pete Gallego Elementary School	22	365
Ray High Darr Elementary School	25	391
Rosita Valley Elementary School	19	454
Rosita Valley Literacy Academy	1	389
Sam Houston Elementary School	8	423
San Luis Elementary School	14	314
Seco Mines Elementary School	18	311