East DFW News

Kaufman County schools enrolled 1,864 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 4.6% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 31,657 students enrolled in Kaufman County schools, 5.9% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Kaufman County enrolled the 35th highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

School	Number of gifted and talented students	Total Number of students
Barbara Walker Elementary School	32	547
Blackburn Elementary School	34	829
Brown Middle School	67	1,065
Central Elementary School	29	591
Claybon Elementary School	32	561
Crandall Compass Academy	0	49
Crandall High School	65	1,392
Crandall Middle School	59	764
Criswell Elementary School	35	728
Crosby Elementary School	26	757
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	4	544
Forney High School	102	1,749
Gary W. Campbell High School	0	32
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	7	699
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	0	450
Henderson Elementary School	20	649
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	68	1,121
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	29	542
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	27	431
J. W. Long Elementary School	2	639
J. W. Monday Elementary School	28	446
Johnson Elementary School	41	549
Kaufman High School	82	1,180
Kemp Alternative	0	29
Kemp High School	17	449
Kemp Intermediate School	32	344
Kemp Junior High School	24	391
Kemp Primary School	4	441
Lewis Elementary School	21	746
Lucille Nash Elementary School	43	504
Mabank High School	129	1,013
Mabank Intermediate School	54	528
Mabank Junior High School	59	578
Noble Reed	18	391
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	51	601
Norman Junior High School	73	982
North Forney High School	111	2,043
Rhea Intermediate School	71	1,023
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	3	300
Scurry-Rosser High School	23	334
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	56	439
Smith Intermediate School	65	993
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	0	11
Terrell High School	97	1,285
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	0	25
W. A. Martin Elementary School	35	582
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	0	238
Warren Middle School	89	1,073