East DFW News

Kaufman County schools enrolled 2,108 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 9.2% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 34,463 students enrolled in Kaufman County schools, 6.1% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Kaufman County enrolled the 30th 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	28	534
Blackburn Elementary School	22	603
Brown Middle School	31	583
Central Elementary School	22	661
Claybon Elementary School	22	515
Crandall Compass Academy	1	45
Crandall High School	79	1,529
Crandall Middle School	69	855
Criswell Elementary School	38	754
Crosby Elementary School	16	681
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	6	565
Forney High School	126	2,008
Gary W. Campbell High School	0	23
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	9	687
Global Leadership Academy	71	212
Griffin Elementary School	9	830
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	0	468
Henderson Elementary School	31	762
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	65	1,112
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	42	563
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	26	462
J. W. Long Elementary School	12	662
J. W. Monday Elementary School	31	452
Jackson Middle School	68	914
Johnson Elementary School	28	611
Kaufman High School	90	1,210
Kemp Alternative	0	8
Kemp High School	24	451
Kemp Intermediate School	25	373
Kemp Junior High School	23	417
Kemp Primary School	5	443
Lewis Elementary School	24	749
Lucille Nash Elementary School	49	510
Mabank High School	112	1,019
Mabank Intermediate School	48	549
Mabank Junior High School	65	581
Noble Reed	43	688
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	54	575
Norman Junior High School	82	978
North Forney High School	119	2,291
Rhea Intermediate School	93	763
Rhodes Intermediate School	65	905
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	2	293
Scurry-Rosser High School	29	358
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	51	434
Smith Intermediate School	30	521
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	0	13
Terrell High School	93	1,401
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	0	29
W. A. Martin Elementary School	36	662
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	0	292
Warren Middle School	94	859