A Gold Medal, $5, founded by W. T. Poston of Bosque Co. in 1886, will be awarded to the best reader in the Primary and Intermediate Departments.
Awarded to –
| 1887 | Miss Daisy Brady | of Hood County |
| 1888 | Miss Jodie Trammell | of Hood County |
| 1889 | Miss Zoe Switzer | of Hood County |
| 1890 | Miss Kate Hightower (a book) | of Hood County |
| 1891 | Miss Earl Hanna | of Hood County |
| 1892 | Miss Anna Menefee | of Hood County |
| 1893 | Miss Bun L. Turner | of Johnson County |
| 1894 | Henry Williams | of Hood County |