This is an 18.5% increase over the previous school year.
Of the 10,644 students enrolled in Rusk County schools, 5.8% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.
Rusk County enrolled the 72nd 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.
Gifted & Talented Students in Rusk County Schools in 2020-2021 school year
| School | Number of gifted and talented students | Total Number of students |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Moore | 0 | 100 |
| Carlisle School | 33 | 612 |
| Chandler Elementary School | 20 | 574 |
| Henderson High School | 68 | 971 |
| Henderson Middle School | 53 | 772 |
| Kilgore Intermediate School | 31 | 585 |
| Kilgore Middle School | 50 | 962 |
| Kilgore Primary School | 5 | 687 |
| Laneville School | 10 | 163 |
| Leveretts Chapel Elementary School | 0 | 110 |
| Leveretts Chapel High School | 0 | 63 |
| Leveretts Chapel Junior High School | 0 | 64 |
| Monnie Meyer Wylie Primary School | 0 | 343 |
| Mt. Enterprise Elementary School | 8 | 185 |
| Mt. Enterprise High School | 24 | 218 |
| Northside Elementary School | 44 | 541 |
| Overton Elementary School | 18 | 232 |
| Overton High School | 44 | 245 |
| Tatum Elementary School | 21 | 319 |
| Tatum High School | 44 | 484 |
| Tatum Middle School | 39 | 353 |
| Tatum Primary School | 11 | 317 |
| West Rusk Elementary School | 3 | 222 |
| West Rusk High School | 12 | 318 |
| West Rusk Intermediate School | 15 | 206 |
| West Rusk Middle School | 24 | 281 |
| William E. Wylie Elementary School | 44 | 717 |
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Tatum Middle• West Rusk Intermediate• Mt Enterprise Elementary• West Rusk Middle• Leveretts Chapel High School• Mt Enterprise High School• Tatum Elementary• Laneville School• Leveretts Chapel Elementary School• Carlisle School• West Rusk Elementary• Overton Elementary• William E. Wylie Elementary• West Rusk High School• Tatum High School• Northside Elementary• Henderson High School• Monnie Meyer Wylie Pri• Leveretts Chapel Junior High• Overton High School• Henderson Middle• Tatum Pri
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