Nortex Times

Wilbarger County schools enrolled 500 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 99.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 20,739 students enrolled in Wilbarger County schools, 2.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Wilbarger County enrolled the 79th 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
Harrold School	11	105
North Texas State Hospital - Afp - Vernon	0	19
Northside School	14	236
Shive Elementary School	21	555
T. G. McCord Elementary School	2	359
Vernon High School	29	505
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	2	302
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	12
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	2	55
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	10	229
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	283
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	647
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	436
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	296
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	164
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	1	46
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	1	143
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	9	145
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	24	417
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	13	188
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	2	35
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	2	34
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	10
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	26	738
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	11
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	59
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	16	198
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	122
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	5
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	3	45
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	1	19
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	44	789
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	60
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	59
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	5
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	1	15
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	22
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	279
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	265
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	41	187
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	150
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	21
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	81
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	65
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	99
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	116
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	123
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	122
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	233
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	275
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	398
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	307
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	333
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	350
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	14	593
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	10	679
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	24
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	8	498
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	10	214
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	977
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	16	528
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	43	2,444
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	32	738
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	24	628
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	8	180
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	55
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	140
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	107
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	17
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	638
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	68
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	144
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	14	252
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	160
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	2	210
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	15
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	0	7
Vernon ISD Opportunity Center	27	233
Vernon Middle School	17	418