Cameron County schools enroll 27,769 gifted and talented students in 2023-24 school year

Cameron County schools enroll 27,769 gifted and talented students in 2023-24 school year
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) — Ballotpedia
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Cameron County schools enrolled 27,769 students identified as being gifted and talented during the 2023-24 school year, an 8.8% increase from the previous school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This translates to roughly 7.9% of the 352,744 students enrolled in the county schools that year.

Cameron County enrolled the sixth highest number of gifted and talented students among Texas counties.

A recent study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state’s school districts. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.

Gifted & Talented Students in Cameron County Schools in 2023-24 school year

School Number of gifted and talented students Total Number of students
A. Leal Junior Middle School 62 574
Academy of Creative Education 1 91
Adams Hill Elementary School 30 464
Advanced Learning Academy 288 1,071
Agnes Cotton Academy 32 515
Alamo Heights High School 404 1,537
Alamo Heights Junior High School 326 1,101
Alan B. Shepard Middle School 28 455
Allen Elementary School 29 468
Alonso School Perales Elementary 12 389
Alter High School 2 136
Alter Middle School 1 51
Alternative High School 1 145
Alternative Middle School 0 63
Anne Frank Inspire Academy 0 621
Arnold Elementary School 19 590
Aue Elementary School 62 568
Basis Austin 0 211
Basis Austin Primary School 0 201
Basis San Antonio – Northeast Campus 0 138
Basis San Antonio Primary – Northeast Campus 0 282
Basis San Antonio Primary- Medical Center Campus 0 771
Basis San Antonio- Primary North Central Campus 0 735
Basis San Antonio- Shavano Campus 0 1,038
Baskin Elementary School 14 268
Beacon Hill Academy 21 371
Beard Elementary School 60 559
Behlau Elementary School 34 615
Bellaire Elementary School 23 697
Bernal Middle School 149 1,522
Bexar County Academy 0 198
Bexar County JJAEP 0 5
Bexar County JJAEP 0 5
Big Country Elementary School 64 584
Blattman Elementary School 57 493
Bob Hope Elementary School 35 474
Boldt Elementary School 68 926
Bonham Academy 110 645
Boone Elementary School 36 473
Bowden Academy 17 436
Brackenridge High School 184 1,656
Bradley Middle School 158 1,158
Brandeis High School 332 2,727
Brauchle Elementary School 34 452
Braun Station Elementary School 43 359
Brennan High School 212 3,052
Brentwood Middle School 35 558
Briscoe Elementary School 7 460
Briscoe Middle School 135 1,315
Brooks Academy Lonestar 21 173
Brooks Academy Oaks 45 182
Brooks Academy of Science and Engineering 153 1,251
Brooks Collegiate Academy 154 1,211
Bulverde Creek 63 917
Burbank High School 128 1,314
Burke Elementary School 43 541
Burleson Center 0 31
Bush Middle School 135 914
CAST Med High School 22 204
Cable Elementary School 27 413
Cambridge Elementary School 143 773
Camelot Elementary School 11 493
Cameron Elementary School 15 287
Candlewood Elementary School 25 470
Canyon Ridge Elementary School 38 492
Cardenas Center 0 238
Carlos Coon Elementary School 34 574
Carnahan Elementary School 28 577
Carroll Early Childhood Campus 4 370
Carson Elementary School 25 509
Carvajal Elementary School 9 402
Cast Tech High School 81 506
Castle Hills Elementary School 46 448
Charles C. Ball Elementary School 13 373
Charles Graebner Elementary School 28 633
Chavez Excel Academy 0 48
Churchill High School 228 2,405
Cibolo Green 68 753
Clark High School 235 2,746
Clear Spring Elementary School 10 337
Cody Elementary School 33 544
Coker Elementary School 62 833
Cole Elementary School 90 1,203
Collier Elementary School 16 523
Collins Garden Elementary School 22 413
Colonel Menchaca Early Childhood Center 0 930
Colonial Hills Elementary School 19 620
Colonies North Elementary School 34 528
Compass Rose Destiny 0 655
Compass Rose Ingenuity 0 736
Compass Rose Journey 0 572
Compass Rose Legacy 0 550
Compass Rose Legacy Elementary School 0 326
Connally Middle School 83 680
Converse Elementary School 18 508
Cooper Academy at Navarro 14 317
Copperfield Elementary School 27 763
Coronado Village Elementary School 21 366
Crestview Elementary School 57 594
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School 7 295
David Crockett Academy 24 703
Davis Middle School 17 443
De Zavala Elementary School 13 384
Dellview Elementary School 14 346
Democracy Prep at Stewart Academy 22 595
Dorie Miller Elementary School 9 314
Douglass Elementary School 7 169
Driggers Elementary School 38 488
Driscoll Middle School 35 562
Dwight Middle School 36 411
E. H. Gilbert Elementary School 13 645
E. T. Wrenn Middle School 19 447
East Central Cast Lead High School 21 222
East Central Heritage Middle School 133 1,189
East Central High School 194 3,295
East Terrell Hills Elementary School 12 590
Edgar Allan Poe STEM Dual Language Middle School 47 455
Edison High School 123 1,373
Education Franz Elementary School 11 372
Eisenhower Middle School 79 919
Elementary Dorado Elementary School 25 530
Ellison Elementary School 54 754
Elm Creek Elementary School 51 735
Eloise Japhet Academy 33 745
Elolf Elementary School 20 600
Elrod Elementary School 31 339
Encino Park Elementary School 51 661
Escondido Elementary School 26 785
Esparza Elementary School 39 456
Estrada Achievement Center 7 176
Evers Elementary School 40 581
Fenwick Academy 20 521
Fernandez Elementary School 44 454
Fields Elementary School 46 812
Fisher Elementary School 36 560
Five Palms Elementary School 9 470
Folks Middle School 167 1,415
Forester Elementary School 72 755
Foster Elementary School 7 370
Fox Run Elementary School 30 642
Fox Technical High School 49 482
Francis R. Scobee Middle School 120 789
Frank L. Madla Early College High School 0 179
Frank M. Tejeda Academy 3 222
Frank Madla Elementary School 9 392
Franklin Elementary School 19 370
Franklin Elementary School 49 724
Freedom Elementary School 53 570
Ft. Sam Houston Elementary School 34 823
Galm Elementary School 34 467
Garcia Middle School 210 1,387
Gardendale Pre-K 4 San Antonio Early Learning 2 242
Garner Middle School 56 808
Gates Elementary School 2 158
George E. Kelly Elementary School 10 224
George Gervin Academy 6 830
Gillette Elementary School 26 543
Glass Elementary School 19 396
Glenn Elementary School 42 416
Glenoaks Elementary School 28 455
Gonzales Early Childhood Campus 0 106
Great Hearts Arlington 0 969
Great Hearts Forest Heights 0 1,230
Great Hearts Irving 0 775
Great Hearts Irving Upper 0 886
Great Hearts Lakeside 0 1,119
Great Hearts Live Oak 0 1,067
Great Hearts Monte Vista 0 466
Great Hearts Monte Vista North 0 423
Great Hearts Northern Oaks 0 1,466
Great Hearts Online – Texas 0 817
Great Hearts Western Hills 0 1,233
Gus Garcia Middle School 31 451
H. B. Gonzalez Elementary School 3 389
H. W. Schulze Elementary School 34 687
Hac DAEP High School 1 41
Hardy Oak Elementary School 56 636
Harlan High School 177 2,458
Harlandale High School 109 1,611
Harlandale ISD STEM Echs-Alamo Colleges at Pac 76 400
Harlandale Middle School 66 778
Harmony Elementary School 44 732
Harmony Hills Elementary School 23 415
Harmony School of Excellence – San Antonio 14 311
Harmony School of Innovation – Laredo 29 666
Harmony School of Innovation – San Antonio 25 403
Harmony Science Academy (San Antonio) 50 565
Harmony Science Academy – Brownsville 7 512
Harmony Science Academy – Laredo 56 668
Harris Middle School 76 723
Harris Middle School 72 902
Hatchett Elementary School 34 611
Hawthorne PK-8 Academy 46 505
Health Careers High School 182 921
Healy Murphy PK 0 41
Healy-Murphy 3 132
Helotes Elementary School 51 313
Henderson Elementary School 36 742
Henry Ford Academy Alameda School for Art + Design 0 75
Henry Metzger Middle School 27 907
Herff Elementary School 7 262
Heritage Academy 0 28
Heritage Academy of Del Rio 0 183
Heritage Academy of Del Rio Middle 1 222
Heritage Academy of San Antonio 1 26
Heritage Academy of Windcrest 0 115
Heritage Elementary School 34 485
Hidden Cove Steam Academy 36 493
Hidden Forest Elementary School 51 528
Highland Forest Elementary School 46 677
Highland Hills Elementary School 25 536
Highland Park Elementary School 17 354
Highlands High School 86 1,495
Hill Middle School 161 1,083
Hillcrest Elementary School 14 354
Hirsch Elementary School 10 554
Hobby Middle School 120 916
Hoffmann Elementary School 62 820
Holmes High School 165 2,568
Holmgreen Center 0 55
Hopkins Elementary School 18 764
Hot Wells Middle School 20 415
Houston High School 29 826
Howsman Elementary School 46 646
Huebner Elementary School 52 524
Hull Elementary School 41 433
Huppertz Elementary School 11 302
Hutchins Elementary School 24 433
Indian Creek Elementary School 26 528
International School of America 94 496
Irving Dual Language Academy 38 560
J. T. Brackenridge Elementary School 13 554
JHW Inspire Academies- Rise Recovery 0 23
JJA 1 11
Jackson Middle School 38 610
Jackson-Keller Elementary School 27 514
James L. Masters 44 653
Jay High School 216 2,102
Jefferson High School 154 1,625
Jefferson Middle School 111 1,061
John F. Kennedy High School 31 990
Johnson High School 378 3,167
Jones Middle School 173 1,027
Jordan Middle School 101 956
Jubilee – Lake View University Prep 7 566
Jubilee Highland Hills 34 877
Jubilee San Antonio 53 1,054
Jubilee Westwood 4 272
Judson Care Academy 3 98
Judson Early College Academy 116 428
Judson High School 160 2,527
Judson Learning Academy 1 82
Judson Middle School 187 1,207
Julian C. Gallardo Elementary School 51 589
Julius L. Matthey Middle School 70 625
Junior Highw Inspire Academy – Hays County 0 28
Junior Highw Inspire Academy – Legacy Ranch 0 35
Junior Highw Inspire Academy – Rockdale 0 61
Kallison Elementary School 79 1,141
Karen Wagner High School 147 2,224
Kingsborough Middle School 70 548
Kirby Middle School 30 637
Kitty Hawk Middle School 111 1,154
Knowlton Elementary School 38 614
Knox Early Childhood Campus 0 147
Kriewald Rd Elementary School 39 492
Krueger Elementary School 42 504
Krueger Middle School 127 809
Kuentz Elementary School 58 542
L. B. Johnson Elementary School 19 297
Lackland Elementary School 34 626
Lamar Elementary School 33 315
Langley Elementary School 52 658
Lanier High School 91 1,612
Larkspur Elementary School 15 816
Las Lomas Elementary School 47 490
Las Palmas Leadership School for Girls 30 300
Learn4life 1 232
Legacy Middle School 108 1,121
Legacy Traditional School – Kelley Elementary 0 218
Legacy Traditional School – Lee Academy 0 196
Legacy Traditional School – Saenz Junior High 10 604
Legacy Traditional School – Walker Elementary 11 736
Legacy of Educational Excellence High School 491 2,398
Leon Springs Elementary School 39 438
Leon Valley Elementary School 42 610
Lewis Elementary School 37 486
Lieck Elementary School 47 626
Lighthouse Charter School 2 233
Lighthouse Charter School – B Campus 0 67
Lighthouse High School 2 82
Linton Elementary School 29 389
Locke Hill Elementary School 43 565
Loma Park Elementary School 15 591
Longfellow Middle School 48 623
Longs Creek Elementary School 33 572
Lopez Middle School 225 1,327
Los Reyes Elementary School 42 464
Losoya Middle School 73 617
Lowell Middle School 14 283
Luna Middle School 84 1,126
Macarthur High School 134 2,001
Madison Elementary School 16 393
Madison High School 129 2,703
Margil Elementary School 11 430
Mark Twain Dual Language Academy 98 672
Marshall High School 170 2,587
Martin Elementary School 27 523
Martin Luther King Academy 6 193
Mary Lou Hartman 32 656
Maverick Elementary School 23 478
May Elementary School 25 407
McAndrew Elementary School 37 303
McCollum High School 125 1,466
McDermott Elementary School 20 738
Mead Elementary School 26 859
Meadow Village Elementary School 25 378
Medio Creek Elementary School 60 682
Memorial High School 31 846
Michael Elementary School 34 524
Miguel Carrillo Junior Elementary School 24 462
Miller Point Elementary School 23 570
Mireles Elementary School 61 848
Mission Academy 37 481
Montgomery Elementary School 10 233
Mora Elementary School 55 567
Muriel Forbes Elementary School 7 154
Murnin Elementary School 43 695
Myers Elementary School 41 476
NISD Bexar County JJA 3 59
NISD PKSA 0 147
Neal Elementary School 21 475
Neff Middle School 55 880
Neil Armstrong Elementary School 11 325
Neisd – Pk4sa 0 80
Nelson Early Childhood Campus 0 162
New Directions 0 59
Nichols Elementary School 25 343
Nimitz Middle School 163 1,014
North East JJAEP 0 19
Northern Hills Elementary School 27 537
Northwest Crossing Elementary School 42 412
Northwood Elementary School 36 330
O’Connor High School 272 2,586
Oak Crest Elementary School 50 678
Oak Grove Elementary School 16 443
Oak Hills Terrace Elementary School 23 421
Oak Meadow Elementary School 44 400
Ogden Elementary School 7 322
Olmos Elementary School 41 501
Olympia Elementary School 34 461
Ott Elementary School 30 589
Palo Alto Elementary School 19 531
Park Village Elementary School 13 401
Passmore Elementary School 38 392
Pease Middle School 59 737
Pecan Valley Elementary School 38 526
Pershing Elementary School 11 273
Por Vida Academy Charter High School 0 128
Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi 0 77
Positive Solutions Charter 0 81
Powell Elementary School 15 365
Pre-K 4 San Antonio 0 36
Pre-K Academy at West Avenue 0 299
Pre-K for Sa – East Central ISD 0 64
Prelude Preparatory Charter School 0 138
Price Elementary School 23 394
Raba Elementary School 49 553
Randolph Elementary School 31 645
Randolph High School 62 474
Randolph Middle School 53 375
Rawlinson Middle School 135 1,190
Rayburn Middle School 45 646
Reagan High School 431 3,409
Reddix Center 0 279
Redland Oaks Elementary School 31 354
Regency Place Elementary School 16 433
Rhodes Elementary School 16 476
Rhodes Middle School 42 513
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School 31 694
Ridgeview Elementary School 26 532
Riverside Park Elementary School 11 275
Roan Forest Elementary School 57 879
Robert B. Green Elementary School 8 130
Robert C. Zamora Middle School 65 637
Robert G. Cole Middle/High School 65 788
Rodriguez Montessori Elementary School 7 186
Rogers Academy 38 716
Rogers Middle School 27 219
Rolling Meadows Elementary School 31 691
Ronald E. McNair Middle School 113 762
Roosevelt Elementary School 14 240
Roosevelt High School 240 2,616
Ross Middle School 71 828
Roy Benavidez Elementary School 36 662
Roy Cisneros Elementary School 10 196
Royal Academy of Excellence 3 345
Royal Ridge Elementary School 24 457
Rudder Middle School 59 996
Ruth Jones McClendon Middle School 1 49
SAISD – PK 4 Sa 0 107
Salado Elementary School 68 733
San Antonio Preparatory 0 139
Sarah School King Elementary 16 589
Savannah Heights Intermediate School 54 605
Scarborough Elementary School 68 921
Schenck Elementary School 22 577
School of Science and Technology – Alamo 90 846
School of Science and Technology Champions 133 1,493
School of Science and Technology Corpus Christi 225 2,455
School of Science and Technology Discovery 34 554
School of Science and Technology Hill Country 105 609
School of Science and Technology Houston 43 475
School of Science and Technology Northwest 95 737
School of Science and Technology Schertz 79 859
School of Science and Technology Spring 84 833
Scobee Elementary School 39 474
Seguin Elementary School 25 273
Serna Elementary School 14 341
Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle School 97 635
Sinclair Elementary School 37 714
Sky Harbour Elementary School 53 467
Smith Elementary School 15 285
Somerset Early Childhood Elementary School 0 379
Somerset Elementary School 39 718
Somerset High School 46 1,150
Somerset Junior High School 56 618
South San Antonio High School 142 1,666
South San Antonio High School – West Campus 46 519
Southside High School 138 1,747
Southwest Elementary School 63 804
Southwest High School 312 2,200
Southwest Prep Northwest Elementary School 0 85
Southwest Preparatory School 0 53
Southwest Preparatory School-Northwest 4 136
Southwest Preparatory Southeast Campus 0 186
Spicewood Park Elementary School 40 742
Spring Meadows Elementary School 25 679
St. Philip’s College Early College High School with SAISD 37 299
Stafford Center 0 260
Stafford Elementary School 6 181
Stahl Elementary School 18 640
Steam at the Fine Arts Academy 24 261
Steele Montessori Elementary School 45 365
Steubing Elementary School 46 428
Steubing Ranch Elementary School 37 844
Stevens High School 143 2,737
Stevenson Middle School 97 884
Stinson Middle School 138 958
Stone Oak Elementary School 57 797
Stonewall/Flanders Elementary School 14 650
Storm Elementary School 4 312
Straus Middle School 110 1,302
Sun Valley Elementary School 64 617
Tafolla Middle School 31 609
Taft High School 267 2,719
Tejeda Junior Academy 0 18
Tejeda Middle School 167 1,038
Terrell Wells Middle School 73 634
The Gathering Place 0 618
Thornton Elementary School 31 568
Thousand Oaks Elementary School 38 595
Timberwilde Elementary School 38 454
Tomlinson Elementary School 74 777
Tradition Elementary School 53 1,141
Travis Early College High School 84 392
Tuscany Heights 60 642
Tynan Early Childhood Campus 0 155
V. M. Adams Elementary School 27 798
Vale Middle School 77 995
Valley Hi Elementary School 20 303
Vestal Elementary School 14 541
Veterans Memorial High School 114 1,688
Villarreal Elementary School 33 634
Vineyard Ranch Elementary School 72 779
Virginia Allred Stacey Junior/Senior High School 43 409
W. M. Pearce Primary School 24 453
Walzem Elementary School 25 603
Wanke Elementary School 58 662
Ward Elementary School 44 777
Warren High School 239 2,605
Washington Elementary School 7 338
Wernli Elementary School 57 774
Westwood Terrace Elementary School 33 411
Wetmore Elementary School 35 472
White Middle School 152 926
Whittier Middle School 75 709
Wilderness Oak Elementary School 66 602
William Paschall Elementary School 18 706
Wilshire Elementary School 8 206
Wilson Elementary School 22 366
Windcrest Elementary School 17 491
Winston Intermediate of Excellence 8 143
Wood Middle School 39 620
Woodlake Elementary School 18 686
Woodlake Hills Middle School 52 749
Woodlawn Academy 51 536
Woodlawn Hills Elementary School 21 447
Woodridge Elementary School 122 873
Woodstone Elementary School 28 536
Wright Elementary School 12 417
Young Men’s Leadership Academy 64 297
Young Women’s Leadership Academy 222 521
Young Women’s Leadership Academy Primary at Page 84 512
Zachry Middle School 168 1,050


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