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Haskell County schools enrolled 26 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 4% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 772 students enrolled in Haskell County schools, 3.4% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Haskell County enrolled the 32nd lowest 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
Haskell Elementary School	2	267
Haskell High School	9	148
Haskell Junior High School	3	124
Paint Creek School	2	100
Rule School	10	133