College Station Today

Harris 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.

Harris 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.

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
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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