Panhandle Times

Dallam County schools enrolled 81 students who were identified as being gifted and talented during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 5.2% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 1,990 students enrolled in Dallam County schools, 4.1% of them were considered to be gifted and talented.

Dallam County enrolled the 74th 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
Dalhart Elementary School	3	544
Dalhart High School	27	469
Dalhart Intermediate School	13	385
Dalhart Junior High School	25	372
Texline School	13	220