Gunter Independent School District

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Gunter Independent School District
Location
Gunter, TX
ESC Region 10
USA
District information
Type Public
GradesPre-K through 12
SuperintendentScott Martindale
Governing agency Texas Education Agency
NCES District ID 4821960 [1]
Students and staff
Students795 [2]
Teachers81.1 [2]
Staff181.9 [2]
Athletic conference UIL Class 3A (Football Division II)
ColorsBlue and White [3]
Other information
MascotTiger
Website Gunter ISD

Gunter Independent School District is a public school district based in Gunter, Texas (USA).

Contents

Located in Gunter, Grayson County, the district extends into a very small portion of northern Collin County. It previously served high school students from the neighboring Tioga Independent School District [4] (however, Tioga began adding high school grades in 2012-2013 and completed doing so in 2015-2016 [5] ).

In 2009, the school district was rated "exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency. [6]

Schools

Competitive programs

In addition to typical University Interscholastic League competitive sports and academic programs common to schools of its size in Texas, Gunter High School has participated in the BEST Robotics program since 1993, winning state titles in 1995, 1998, and 1999.[ citation needed ]

Baseball

Football

Students

Academics

STAAR - Percent at Level II Satisfactory Standard or Above (Sum of All Grades Tested) [22]
SubjectGunter ISDRegion 10State of Texas
Reading92%74%73%
Mathematics90%77%76%
Writing90%71%69%
Science88%80%79%
Soc. Studies85%80%77%
All Tests90%76%75%

Students in Gunter typically outperform local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 90% of students in Gunter ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 76% in Region 10 and 75% in the state of Texas. [22] The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1524, and the average ACT score was 22.3. [22]

Demographics

In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 822 students, ranging from early childhood education and pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 73 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 1%. [22]

As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 72.9% White, 21.9% Hispanic, 1.1% American Indian, 0.5% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, and 3.2% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 29.9% of the student body. [22]

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  5. ↑ "GALLERY: Tioga marks first senior class since 1961". The Herald Democrat. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
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