Brazos County schools enrolled 78,475 students identified as being gifted and talented during the 2023-24 school year, a 5.2% increase from the previous school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
This translates to roughly 8.9% of the 886,226 students enrolled in the county schools that year.
Brazos County enrolled the highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.
A recent study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.
Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state’s school districts. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.
“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.
Gifted & Talented Students in Brazos County Schools in 2023-24 school year
| School | Number of gifted and talented students | Total Number of students |
|---|---|---|
| Academy of Accelerated Learning | 0 | 830 |
| Accelerated Interdisciplinary Academy | 0 | 165 |
| Accelerated Intermediate Charter School | 0 | 27 |
| Adam Elementary School | 34 | 986 |
| Adams Junior High School | 389 | 1,866 |
| Aguirre Junior High School | 71 | 932 |
| Alamo Elementary School | 41 | 760 |
| Albright Middle School | 101 | 999 |
| Alcott Elementary School | 1 | 228 |
| Aldine High School | 105 | 2,564 |
| Aldine Middle School | 27 | 742 |
| Alexander Elementary School | 27 | 693 |
| Alice Johnson Junior High School | 59 | 1,168 |
| Alief Early College High School | 119 | 408 |
| Alief Learning Center (6-12) | 3 | 175 |
| Alief Middle School | 44 | 803 |
| Alief Montessori Community School | 0 | 384 |
| Almeda Elementary School | 17 | 798 |
| Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School | 0 | 484 |
| Anderson Academy | 32 | 627 |
| Anderson Elementary School | 10 | 588 |
| Anderson Elementary School | 43 | 691 |
| Andre Elementary School | 37 | 1,112 |
| Andy Dekaney High School | 101 | 2,481 |
| Anthony Middle School | 245 | 1,466 |
| Aragon Middle School | 179 | 1,480 |
| Aristoi Classical Academy | 0 | 437 |
| Aristoi Classical Upper School | 0 | 665 |
| Arnold Middle School | 117 | 1,378 |
| Ashbel Smith Elementary School | 18 | 554 |
| Ashford Elementary School | 12 | 534 |
| Askew Elementary School | 96 | 862 |
| Atascocita High School | 365 | 3,790 |
| Atascocita Middle School | 65 | 988 |
| Atascocita Springs Elementary School | 75 | 955 |
| Atherton Elementary School | 5 | 475 |
| Atkinson Elementary School | 46 | 481 |
| Attucks Middle School | 11 | 440 |
| Ault Elementary School | 81 | 954 |
| Austin High School | 158 | 1,286 |
| Autumn Creek Elementary School | 50 | 869 |
| Avalos P-Tech School | 78 | 421 |
| B. H. Hamblen Elementary School | 35 | 901 |
| Bailey Elementary School | 39 | 601 |
| Baker-Ripley Charter School | 0 | 398 |
| Bammel Elementary School | 24 | 679 |
| Bammel Middle School | 19 | 804 |
| Bane Elementary School | 12 | 887 |
| Bang Elementary School | 34 | 958 |
| Banuelos Elementary School | 42 | 746 |
| Barrett Elementary School | 29 | 579 |
| Barrick Elementary School | 18 | 458 |
| Bastian Elementary School | 8 | 664 |
| Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan | 79 | 313 |
| Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk | 86 | 350 |
| Bayshore Elementary School | 22 | 378 |
| Baytown Junior High School | 59 | 711 |
| Bear Branch Elementary School | 115 | 661 |
| Bear Creek Elementary School | 7 | 641 |
| Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School | 0 | 458 |
| Beckendorff Junior High School | 468 | 1,688 |
| Bell Elementary School | 17 | 564 |
| Bellaire High School | 1,159 | 3,161 |
| Bellfort Early Childhood Center | 0 | 320 |
| Benavidez Elementary School | 4 | 838 |
| Benbrook Elementary School | 23 | 485 |
| Bendwood School | 0 | 44 |
| Beneke Elementary School | 53 | 576 |
| Benfer Elementary School | 35 | 777 |
| Benignus Elementary School | 50 | 582 |
| Bernshausen Elementary School | 35 | 835 |
| Berry Elementary School | 52 | 755 |
| Best Elementary School | 6 | 638 |
| Beta Academy | 0 | 502 |
| Beta Academy | 0 | 984 |
| Bethke Elementary School | 26 | 960 |
| Beverly Hills Intermediate School | 48 | 775 |
| Birkes Elementary School | 119 | 1,006 |
| Black Elementary School | 45 | 525 |
| Black Elementary School | 83 | 1,167 |
| Black Middle School | 430 | 1,331 |
| Blackshear Elementary School | 6 | 302 |
| Blackshear Elementary School | 65 | 729 |
| Blanson Cte High School | 199 | 1,277 |
| Bleyl Middle School | 70 | 1,365 |
| Bloom Academy Charter School | 0 | 400 |
| Bobby Shaw Middle School | 50 | 667 |
| Bondy Intermediate School | 98 | 965 |
| Bonham Elementary School | 19 | 992 |
| Bonner Elementary School | 37 | 596 |
| Bonnette Junior High School | 46 | 672 |
| Bonnie Holland Elementary School | 77 | 805 |
| Boone Elementary School | 24 | 528 |
| Braeburn Elementary School | 19 | 860 |
| Briargrove Elementary School | 60 | 881 |
| Briarmeadow Charter | 116 | 580 |
| Bridgeland High School | 644 | 3,647 |
| Brill Elementary School | 71 | 922 |
| Briscoe Elementary School | 10 | 227 |
| Brookline Elementary School | 26 | 663 |
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| Katy Junior High School | 95 | 1,166 |
| Keeble Ec/PK/K | 0 | 592 |
| Keiko Davidson Elementary School | 99 | 995 |
| Keith Elementary School | 109 | 1,140 |
| Keller Middle School | 45 | 558 |
| Kelso Elementary School | 4 | 398 |
| Kennedy Elementary School | 18 | 521 |
| Kennedy Elementary School | 12 | 496 |
| Kerr High School | 310 | 806 |
| Ketelsen Elementary School | 26 | 422 |
| Key Middle School | 7 | 554 |
| Killough Middle School | 44 | 769 |
| Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts | 651 | 769 |
| King Early Childhood Center | 0 | 307 |
| Kingwood High School | 413 | 2,899 |
| Kingwood Middle School | 85 | 996 |
| Kingwood Park High School | 139 | 1,896 |
| Kirk Elementary School | 52 | 824 |
| Kleb Intermediate School | 137 | 1,452 |
| Klein Cain High School | 340 | 3,987 |
| Klein Collins High School | 234 | 3,294 |
| Klein Forest High School | 118 | 3,453 |
| Klein High School | 242 | 3,396 |
| Klein Intermediate School | 33 | 990 |
| Klein Oak High School | 334 | 3,664 |
| Klenk Elementary School | 35 | 724 |
| Klentzman Intermediate School | 31 | 805 |
| Kohrville Elementary School | 37 | 737 |
| Krahn Elementary School | 55 | 803 |
| Kreinhop Elementary School | 28 | 619 |
| Krimmel Intermed | 119 | 1,256 |
| Kruse Elementary School | 18 | 423 |
| Kuehnle Elementary School | 51 | 674 |
| Kujawa Ec/PK/K | 0 | 635 |
| Kujawa Elementary School | 44 | 556 |
| L. E. Monahan Elementary School | 31 | 638 |
| L. F. Smith Elementary School | 48 | 605 |
| La Porte Elementary School | 41 | 557 |
| La Porte High School | 228 | 2,079 |
| La Porte Junior High School | 63 | 544 |
| La Promesa | 0 | 340 |
| Labay Middle School | 86 | 1,110 |
| Lakeland Elementary School | 32 | 863 |
| Lakeshore Elementary School | 44 | 869 |
| Lakewood Elementary School | 63 | 746 |
| Lamar Elementary School | 21 | 508 |
| Lamar High School | 990 | 3,078 |
| Lamkin Elementary School | 34 | 903 |
| Landis Elementary School | 19 | 528 |
| Landrum Middle School | 25 | 976 |
| Lane School | 0 | 97 |
| Langham Creek High School | 218 | 2,871 |
| Lanier Middle School | 953 | 1,418 |
| Lantrip Elementary School | 55 | 462 |
| Las Americas | 0 | 213 |
| Laura Welch Bush Elementary School | 66 | 575 |
| Laurenzo Early Childhood Center | 0 | 229 |
| Law Elementary School | 6 | 519 |
| Lawson Middle School | 77 | 1,132 |
| Leadership Academy | 0 | 35 |
| Lee Elementary School | 26 | 799 |
| Lee High School | 106 | 1,802 |
| Legacy School of Sport Sciences | 0 | 487 |
| Lemm Elementary School | 51 | 583 |
| Leo A. Rizzuto Elementary School | 34 | 339 |
| Leonard Elementary School | 13 | 1,013 |
| Leonel Castillo Early Childhood STEM Academy | 0 | 80 |
| Lewis Elementary School | 35 | 710 |
| Lewis Middle School | 33 | 985 |
| Lieder Elementary School | 15 | 801 |
| Liestman Elementary School | 19 | 548 |
| Lockhart Elementary School | 11 | 338 |
| Lomax Elementary School | 35 | 536 |
| Lomax Junior High School | 60 | 516 |
| Long Academy | 30 | 715 |
| Longfellow Elementary School | 35 | 656 |
| Looscan Elementary School | 8 | 238 |
| Loraine T. Golbow Elementary School | 15 | 695 |
| Love Elementary School | 27 | 345 |
| Lovett Elementary School | 189 | 654 |
| Lowery Elementary School | 35 | 671 |
| Lyons Elementary School | 57 | 825 |
| Macarthur Elementary School | 54 | 583 |
| Macarthur High School | 207 | 3,573 |
| Macgregor Elementary School | 32 | 436 |
| Mading Elementary School | 3 | 338 |
| Madison High School | 167 | 1,855 |
| Mae Smythe Elementary School | 42 | 742 |
| Magrill Ec/PK/K | 0 | 571 |
| Mahaffey Elementary School | 56 | 876 |
| Mahanay Elementary School | 16 | 576 |
| Mandarin Immersion Magnet School | 344 | 792 |
| Maplebrook Elementary School | 30 | 557 |
| Marcella Elementary School | 27 | 605 |
| Mark White Elementary School | 21 | 522 |
| Marshall Elementary School | 15 | 540 |
| Marshall Kendrick Middle School | 83 | 667 |
| Marshall Middle School | 52 | 584 |
| Martin Elementary School | 27 | 704 |
| Martinez C. Elementary School | 1 | 257 |
| Martinez R. Elementary School | 9 | 423 |
| Mata Intermediate School | 59 | 791 |
| Matthys Elementary School | 41 | 520 |
| Matzke Elementary School | 21 | 1,035 |
| Maurice L. Wolfe Elementary School | 20 | 416 |
| Mayde Creek Elementary School | 16 | 839 |
| Mayde Creek High School | 135 | 2,970 |
| Mayde Creek Junior High School | 50 | 1,239 |
| McDougle Elementary School | 18 | 538 |
| McElwain Elementary School | 21 | 885 |
| McFee Elementary School | 32 | 1,068 |
| McGowen Elementary School | 13 | 352 |
| McMasters Elementary School | 33 | 356 |
| McMullan Elementary School | 23 | 504 |
| McNamara Elementary School | 39 | 962 |
| McReynolds Middle School | 16 | 345 |
| McRoberts Elementary School | 27 | 834 |
| Mead Middle School | 97 | 960 |
| Meador Elementary School | 21 | 451 |
| Meadow Wood Elementary School | 77 | 631 |
| Melillo Middle School | 74 | 568 |
| Memorial Drive Elementary School | 84 | 362 |
| Memorial Elementary School | 67 | 447 |
| Memorial High School | 604 | 2,640 |
| Memorial Middle School | 366 | 1,247 |
| Memorial Parkway Elementary School | 18 | 940 |
| Memorial Parkway Junior High School | 119 | 771 |
| Metcalf Elementary School | 27 | 890 |
| Metzler Elementary School | 71 | 894 |
| Meyer Elementary School | 38 | 711 |
| Meyerland Middle School | 328 | 1,122 |
| Meyerpark Elementary School | 0 | 293 |
| Michael R. Null Middle School | 68 | 1,094 |
| Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men | 53 | 302 |
| Middle College High School at Hcc Fraga | 24 | 134 |
| Middle College High School at Hcc Gulfton | 3 | 112 |
| Milby High School | 395 | 2,179 |
| Mildred Jenkins Elementary School | 26 | 633 |
| Miller Intermediate School | 75 | 780 |
| Miller Intermediate School | 104 | 816 |
| Millsap Elementary School | 62 | 907 |
| Milne Elementary School | 7 | 506 |
| Milton Cooper Elementary School | 57 | 781 |
| Mistral Center for Early Childhood | 0 | 355 |
| Mitchell Elementary School | 20 | 565 |
| Mittelstadt Elementary School | 52 | 825 |
| Montgomery Elementary School | 14 | 423 |
| Moore Elementary School | 81 | 964 |
| Moore Elementary School | 41 | 355 |
| Morales Elementary School | 25 | 394 |
| Moreno Elementary School | 25 | 692 |
| Morris Middle School | 47 | 640 |
| Morton Ranch Elementary School | 18 | 976 |
| Morton Ranch High School | 98 | 2,832 |
| Morton Ranch Junior High School | 58 | 1,185 |
| Mount Carmel Academy | 33 | 229 |
| Mueller Elementary School | 48 | 582 |
| Navarro Middle School | 37 | 487 |
| Nci Charter School Without Walls | 0 | 897 |
| Neff Early Childhood Center | 3 | 586 |
| Neff Elementary School | 38 | 727 |
| Nelda Sullivan Middle School | 42 | 514 |
| Newport Elementary School | 43 | 698 |
| Nimitz High School | 97 | 2,752 |
| Nitsch Elementary School | 13 | 608 |
| Normandy Crossing Elementary School | 33 | 618 |
| North Belt Elementary School | 18 | 703 |
| North Central Elementary School | 0 | 857 |
| North East STEM Academy | 11 | 114 |
| North Forest Elementary School | 0 | 646 |
| North Forest High School | 27 | 949 |
| North Houston Early College High School | 230 | 483 |
| North Shore Elementary School | 58 | 891 |
| North Shore Middle School | 118 | 1,252 |
| North Shore Senior High School | 286 | 4,534 |
| Northampton Elementary School | 48 | 698 |
| Northbrook High School | 58 | 2,598 |
| Northbrook Middle School | 16 | 842 |
| Northgate Elementary School | 72 | 687 |
| Northline Elementary School | 9 | 398 |
| Northpointe Intermediate School | 152 | 789 |
| Northside High School | 144 | 1,141 |
| Nottingham Country Elementary School | 45 | 841 |
| Nottingham Elementary School | 88 | 772 |
| O’Donnell Middle School | 61 | 1,221 |
| Oak Forest Elementary School | 382 | 922 |
| Oak Forest Elementary School | 23 | 742 |
| Oakcrest Intermediate School | 131 | 827 |
| Oaks Elementary School | 23 | 566 |
| Oates Elementary School | 3 | 272 |
| Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary School | 114 | 1,033 |
| Odom Elementary School | 18 | 342 |
| Ogden Elementary School | 13 | 595 |
| Oleson Elementary School | 11 | 396 |
| Olle Middle School | 43 | 1,029 |
| Opport Awareness Center | 3 | 267 |
| Orange Grove Elementary School | 23 | 539 |
| Ortiz Middle School | 97 | 823 |
| Osborne Elementary School | 11 | 323 |
| Outley Elementary School | 36 | 872 |
| Owens Elementary School | 17 | 798 |
| … | ||
| Tipps Elementary School | 21 | 1,028 |
| Tom Wilson Elementary School | 113 | 1,121 |
| Tomball Elementary School | 57 | 779 |
| Tomball High School | 258 | 3,078 |
| Tomball Intermediate School | 109 | 1,058 |
| Tomball Junior High School | 81 | 911 |
| Tomball Memorial High School | 354 | 3,140 |
| Tomball Star Academy | 59 | 366 |
| Tompkins High School | 534 | 3,061 |
| Travis Elementary School | 66 | 765 |
| Travis Elementary School | 311 | 725 |
| Treasure Forest Elementary School | 18 | 432 |
| Truitt Middle School | 83 | 1,352 |
| Turner Elementary School | 29 | 522 |
| Twain Elementary School | 303 | 870 |
| Twin Creeks Middle School | 58 | 893 |
| Two Dimensions Preparatory Academy | 3 | 167 |
| Two Dimensions at Corsicana | 0 | 50 |
| Two Dimensions/Vickery | 5 | 218 |
| Ulrich Intermediate School | 113 | 1,170 |
| Ursula Stephens Elementary School | 21 | 585 |
| Valley Oaks Elementary School | 195 | 882 |
| Valley West Elementary School | 28 | 599 |
| Vardeman Ec/PK/K | 0 | 603 |
| Varnett Charter School | 0 | 501 |
| Victoria Walker Elementary School | 54 | 732 |
| Victory Early College High School | 84 | 416 |
| Vines Ec/PK/K | 0 | 518 |
| Wainwright Elementary School | 7 | 396 |
| Walker Elementary School | 31 | 813 |
| Walnut Bend Elementary School | 25 | 610 |
| Waltrip High School | 265 | 1,659 |
| Warner Elementary School | 177 | 1,193 |
| Washington B. T. High School | 64 | 837 |
| Watkins Middle School | 72 | 1,339 |
| Welch Middle School | 17 | 547 |
| Wells Elementary School | 243 | 1,334 |
| Wesley Elementary School | 4 | 296 |
| West Briar Middle School | 201 | 1,027 |
| West Memorial Elementary School | 17 | 818 |
| West Memorial Junior High School | 28 | 911 |
| West University Elementary School | 579 | 1,131 |
| Westbury High School | 233 | 2,263 |
| Westchester Academy for International Studies | 244 | 864 |
| Westlake Middle School | 171 | 1,498 |
| Westside High School | 623 | 2,825 |
| Westwood Elementary School | 32 | 430 |
| Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy | 162 | 651 |
| Wheatley High School | 33 | 616 |
| Whidby Elementary School | 8 | 368 |
| Whispering Pines Elementary School | 17 | 650 |
| White E. Elementary School | 30 | 719 |
| Whittier Elementary School | 8 | 327 |
| Wilchester Elementary School | 148 | 862 |
| Wildwood Elementary School | 81 | 879 |
| Willbern Elementary School | 39 | 939 |
| Williams Elementary School | 25 | 439 |
| Williams Middle School | 12 | 393 |
| Willow Creek Elementary School | 96 | 583 |
| Willow Creek Elementary School | 77 | 727 |
| Willow Wood Junior High School | 110 | 844 |
| Wilson Elementary School | 28 | 780 |
| Windsor Village Elementary School | 81 | 638 |
| Wisdom High School | 68 | 2,306 |
| Woodcreek Elementary School | 104 | 1,324 |
| Woodcreek Junior High School | 237 | 1,569 |
| Woodcreek Middle School | 136 | 1,125 |
| Woodland Acres Elementary School | 47 | 440 |
| Woodland Acres Middle School | 80 | 584 |
| Woodland Hills Elementary School | 36 | 518 |
| Woodson School | 10 | 489 |
| Woodview Elementary School | 17 | 494 |
| Worsham Elementary School | 28 | 469 |
| Worthing High School | 34 | 831 |
| Wunderlich Intermediate School | 77 | 1,226 |
| Yates High School | 34 | 781 |
| Yeager Elementary School | 22 | 791 |
| Yellowstone College Preparatory | 0 | 272 |
| Yes Prep – 5TH Ward | 0 | 940 |
| Yes Prep – Brays Oaks | 0 | 1,032 |
| Yes Prep – East End | 0 | 994 |
| Yes Prep – Gulfton | 0 | 1,045 |
| Yes Prep – North Central | 0 | 999 |
| Yes Prep – Northline | 0 | 985 |
| Yes Prep – Northside | 0 | 948 |
| Yes Prep – Northwest | 0 | 575 |
| Yes Prep – Southeast | 0 | 875 |
| Yes Prep – Southside | 0 | 914 |
| Yes Prep – Southwest | 0 | 1,036 |
| Yes Prep – West | 0 | 1,000 |
| Yes Prep – White Oak | 0 | 984 |
| Yes Prep North Forest | 0 | 1,004 |
| Youens Elementary School | 35 | 680 |
| Young Elementary School | 5 | 398 |
| Young Elementary School | 24 | 582 |
| Young Women’s College Prep Academy | 164 | 445 |
| Young Womens Leadership Academy | 78 | 310 |
| Youngblood Intermediate School | 89 | 880 |
| Zelma Hutsell Elementary School | 10 | 800 |
| Zwink Elementary School | 34 | 913 |
