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GUNTER EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GUNTER EL
GUNTER EL, an intimate elementary school in GUNTER, Texas, run under GUNTER ISD, serves 413 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 20% smaller than typical.
Within GUNTER ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,156 students, GUNTER EL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, GUNTER EL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, GUNTER EL shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 24% of students at GUNTER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Grayson County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GUNTER EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.5%; actual is 39.8%, a gap of -23.7 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Grayson County put median household earnings sit near $72,182, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. GUNTER EL is one of 68 public schools in Grayson County (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students).
GUNTER H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GUNTER EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.
GUNTER EL operates from a rural location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GUNTER EL has ticked up 12%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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