Waco Reporter

McLennan County schools enrolled 4,687 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 9.9% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 52,576 students enrolled in McLennan County schools, 8.9% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

McLennan County enrolled the 17th highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

School	Number of gifted and talented students	Total Number of students
Alta Vista Elementary School	52	545
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy	0	397
Axtell Elementary School	11	397
Axtell High School	16	208
Axtell Middle School	15	191
Axtell/Be DAEP	0	5
Axtell/Bruceville-Eddy Learning Center	0	5
Bell's Hill Elementary School	56	760
Bill Logue Detention Center	0	17
Bosqueville Elementary School	7	341
Bosqueville High School	28	218
Bosqueville Middle School	10	161
Brazos High School	1	86
Brook Avenue Elementary School	30	369
Bruceville-Eddy Elementary School	6	115
Bruceville-Eddy High School	31	191
Bruceville-Eddy Junior High School	12	162
Castleman Creek Elementary School	33	585
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	29	447
Cesar Chavez Middle School	43	840
Challenge Academy	0	8
Challenge Academy	1	25
China Spring Elementary School	48	677
China Spring High School	99	948
China Spring Intermediate School	48	461
China Spring Middle School	50	478
Connally Early Childhood Center	0	302
Connally Elementary School	21	374
Connally High School	41	596
Connally Junior High School	40	544
Connally Primary School	8	508
Crawford Elementary School	2	274
Crawford High School	20	319
Crestview Elementary School	21	451
Dean Highland Elementary School	33	598
Foster Elementary School	44	329
G. L. Wiley Opportunity Center	1	92
G. W. Carver Middle School	11	393
Hallsburg School	12	146
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas	58	592
Harmony Science Academy (Waco)	26	575
Harmony Science Academy - Dallas	104	1,123
Harmony Science Academy - Garland	47	727
Harmony Science Academy - Plano	43	541
Hewitt Elementary School	25	502
Hillcrest Pds Magnet	81	440
Indian Spring Middle School	9	404
Isbill Junior High School	25	338
Junior High Hines Elementary School	22	406
Kendrick Elementary School	31	482
La Vega Elementary School	31	659
La Vega High School	25	882
La Vega Intermediate H. P. Miles Campus	38	592
La Vega Junior High George Dixon Campus	15	434
La Vega Primary Phil Bancale Campus	0	450
Lake Air Montessori School	132	697
Lorena High School	51	512
Lorena Middle School	49	442
Lorena Primary School	10	437
Mart Elementary School	28	346
Mart High School	17	242
McGregor Elementary School	16	454
McGregor High School	29	418
Midway High School	347	2,648
Midway Middle School	116	1,075
Moody Elementary School	19	256
Moody High School	15	220
Moody Middle School	18	194
Mountainview Elementary School	40	402
Parkdale Elementary School	40	559
Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School	0	211
Provident Heights Elementary School	26	372
Quinn Campus Public Middle School	0	251
Riesel School	51	327
Robinson High School	46	696
Robinson Intermediate School	35	539
Robinson Junior High School	27	414
Robinson Primary School	5	387
South Bosque Elementary School	80	595
South Waco Elementary School	26	462
Spring Valley Elementary School	27	488
Tag	0	7
Tennyson Middle School	279	999
University High School	196	1,678
Waco Charter School	3	175
Waco High School	232	2,011
West Avenue Elementary School	17	289
West Brookhaven Youth Ranch School	0	24
West Elementary School	30	582
West High School	16	395
West Middle School	34	264
Woodway Elementary School	57	567