Panhandle Times

Donley County schools enrolled 47 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 6% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 551 students enrolled in Donley County schools, 8.5% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Donley County enrolled the 55th 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
Clarendon Elementary School	10	215
Clarendon High School	23	131
Clarendon Junior High School	13	88
Hedley School	1	117