Guntersville Middle School

Located at 901 Sunset Drive, in Guntersville, Alabama, Guntersville Middle School is a close-knit middle school that teaches 381 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Guntersville City. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Guntersville City comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,810 students; Guntersville Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Guntersville Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder looks like 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Marshall County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Guntersville Middle School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Guntersville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 48.2%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Marshall County reports that median household income runs about $62,571, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Marshall County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,416 students), of which Guntersville Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Guntersville Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Guntersville Middle School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 34.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Guntersville Middle School has shrank 13%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 79% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

On this page, members of the Guntersville Middle School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.