SW Houston News

Fort Bend County schools enrolled 9,081 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 7.6% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 129,315 students enrolled in Fort Bend County schools, 7% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Fort Bend County enrolled the 12th highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School	Number of gifted and talented students	Total Number of students
Alternative Learning Center	0	120
Anne McCormick Sullivan Elementary School	201	1,218
Arizona Fleming Elementary School	7	504
Austin Parkway Elementary School	52	711
B. F. Terry High School	61	1,739
Barbara Jordan Elementary School	10	492
Barrington Place Elementary School	12	384
Beasley Elementary School	20	366
Bentley Elementary School	72	1,135
Bess Campbell Elementary School	116	454
Billy Baines Middle School	63	1,296
Blue Ridge Elementary School	2	263
Bowie Elementary School	32	466
Brazos Bend Elementary School	36	739
Briargate Elementary School	4	345
Briscoe Junior High School	228	1,914
Carolyn and Vernon Madden Elementary School	67	969
Christa McAuliffe Middle School	11	835
Clements High School	489	2,560
Colony Bend Elementary School	19	580
Colony Meadows Elementary School	68	643
Commonwealth Elementary School	260	954
Cora Thomas Elementary School	30	601
Cornerstone Elementary School	160	934
David Crockett Middle School	19	1,119
Dean Leaman Junior High School	197	2,191
Don Carter Elementary School	110	913
Donald Leonetti Elementary School	56	1,231
Dr. Lynn Armstrong Elementary School	6	438
Dr. Thomas E. Randle High School	42	1,246
Dulles Elementary School	9	645
Dulles High School	373	2,364
Dulles Middle School	29	1,359
E. A. Jones Elementary School	6	479
Edgar Glover Junior Elementary School	14	380
Ferndell Henry Center for Learning	0	188
First Colony Middle School	83	1,234
Fletcher Morgan Elementary School	79	722
Fort Bend County Alter	0	26
Fort Bend County Alter	0	19
Fort Settlement Middle School	325	1,498
Foster High School	231	2,388
Frost Elementary School	96	1,046
Fulshear High School	159	2,464
George Bush High School	29	2,605
George Junior High School	75	1,173
George Ranch High School	385	2,511
H. F. McNeill Elementary School	67	821
Harry Wright Junior High School	96	1,316
Heritage Rose Elementary School	12	1,209
Highlands Elementary School	19	588
Hightower High School	54	2,535
Hodges Bend Middle School	21	849
Huggins Elementary School	68	893
Hunters Glen Early Literacy Center	0	290
Hunters Glen Elementary School	4	240
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School	48	554
Jackson Elementary School	19	293
James Bowie Middle School	51	1,639
James C. Neill Elementary School	31	1,076
James Patterson Elementary School	6	771
Jan Schiff Elementary School	43	871
Jane Long Elementary School	29	579
Joe Hubenak Elementary School	113	1,214
John Arredondo Elementary School	51	695
Juan Seguin Early Childhood Center	0	220
Juan Seguin Elementary School	7	896
Judge James C. Adolphus Elementary School	99	971
Kathleen Joerger Lindsey Elementary School	87	1,131
Kempner High School	68	1,945
Lake Olympia Middle School	4	1,170
Lakeview Elementary School	27	306
Lamar Cons High School	104	1,762
Lamar Junior High School	86	1,246
Lantern Lane Elementary School	14	472
Lawrence E. Elkins High School	295	2,654
Lexington Creek Elementary School	31	521
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School	14	721
Macario Garcia Middle School	54	1,376
Malala Yousafzai	85	1,093
Manford Williams Elementary School	68	706
Mary Austin Holley Elementary School	16	653
Meadows Elementary School	9	443
Meyer Elementary School	35	704
Mission Bend Elementary School	8	315
Mission Glen Elementary School	7	370
Mission West Elementary School	10	523
Missouri City Middle School	5	963
Needville Elementary School	27	1,129
Needville High School	32	1,067
Needville Junior High School	27	538
Needville Middle School	35	819
Oakland Elementary School	34	919
Oyster Creek Elementary School	14	795
Palmer Elementary School	18	744
Pecan Grove Elementary School	13	763
Quail Valley Elementary School	9	564
Quail Valley Middle School	511	1,043
Reading Junior High School	301	1,588
Ridge Point High School	231	3,170
Ridgegate Elementary School	4	449
Ridgemont Early Literacy Center	2	463
Ridgemont Elementary School	7	332
Rita Drabek Elementary School	13	669
Ronald Thornton Middle School	72	1,529
Rosa Parks Elementary School	17	651
Sartartia Middle School	214	1,440
Scanlan Oaks Elementary School	40	1,052
Settlers Way Elementary School	68	815
Sienna Crossing Elementary School	40	937
Smith Elementary School	25	368
Stafford Early Childhood Center	0	496
Stafford Elementary School	17	1,077
Stafford High School	51	1,064
Stafford Middle School	16	771
Stafford STEM Magnet Academy	70	233
Stephen F. Austin Elementary School	40	652
Stephen F. Austin High School	166	2,277
Sugar Land Middle School	30	1,050
Sugar Mill Elementary School	17	640
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School	95	547
T. L. Pink Elementary School	33	486
Tamarron Elementary School	53	1,069
Taylor Ray Elementary School	36	560
Thomas R. Culver Elementary School	55	1,011
Thurgood Marshall High School	13	1,542
Townewest Elementary School	8	543
Travis Elementary School	32	426
Walker Station Elementary School	96	816
Walter Moses Burton Elementary School	15	451
William B. Travis High School	198	3,205
William Velasquez	35	497
Willowridge High School	10	1,319