Gunter Elementary

Summary:

Gunter Elementary is a public elementary school in Gunter, Texas, serving 414 students in grades PK-4 and part of the Gunter Independent School District. The school has consistently strong academic performance, ranking in the top 10% of Texas elementary schools in recent years, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger in 2015-2016 and 2014-2015.

Gunter Elementary's STAAR test scores are notably higher than state and district averages, particularly in reading and mathematics. For example, in 2021-2022, 73% of 4th-grade students were proficient or better in reading, compared to the state average of 54%. The school's performance on STAAR tests for specific student subgroups, such as White and Special Education students, is also impressive, with these groups ranking in the top 20% and top 15% of Texas elementary schools, respectively, in recent years. However, the school has a relatively homogeneous student population, with a majority (over 70%) of White students and a lower percentage of Hispanic and African American students compared to the state average.

Gunter Elementary stands out from many nearby schools, such as Collinsville Elementary and Howe Intermediate, which have higher percentages of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Gunter Elementary has a relatively low percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, at just 23.19% in the 2022-2023 school year. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is lower than the state average and several nearby schools.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 200 W Elm
       Gunter, TX  75058-0109


(903) 433-5315

District: Gunter Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2789th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,915 Help


Students who attend Gunter Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Gunter Middle
High:    Gunter High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.5 Help
Number of students:  414

Racial breakdown:

White:
72.7%
Hispanic:
19.3%
Two or more races:
4.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  23.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Gunter Elementary ranks worse than 59.7% of elementary schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.4. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (72.7%), Hispanic (19.3%), two or more races (4.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 23.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gunter Elementary is 14.5. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gunter Elementary is $15,915.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gunter Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Gunter Elementary 2789th of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Gunter Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Gunter Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Gunter Independent School District (Isd) 359th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Gunter Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 85.62 148th 3465 95.7%
2005 87.56 87th 3475 97.5%
2006 85.78 143rd 3476 95.9%
2007 84.01 210th 3724 94.4%
2008 82.76 328th 3768 91.3%
2009 82.57 343rd 3884 91.2%
2010 83.77 224th 3937 94.3%
2011 84.79 195th 4095 95.2%
2012 87.09 349th 4206 91.7%
2013 89.52 239th 4221 94.3%
2014 87.96 298th 4260 93.0%
2015 89.79 217th 4320 95.0%
2016 91.28 141st 4286 96.7%
2017 85.54 528th 4329 87.8%
2018 76.99 775th 4359 82.2%
2019 78.56 752nd 4479 83.2%
2021 89.40 422nd 4578 90.8%
2022 86.09 516th 4581 88.7%
2023 68.10 1243rd 4647 73.3%
2024 40.40 2789th 4675 40.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.94 3077th 3226 4.6%
2019 17.67 3153rd 3333 5.4%
2021 20.43 3181st 3446 7.7%
2022 23.97 3031st 3487 13.1%
2023 9.32 3512th 3556 1.2%
2024 11.85 3541st 3638 2.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.44 206th 3558 94.2%
2019 75.15 424th 3684 88.5%
2021 82.41 286th 3799 92.5%
2022 75.05 510th 3952 87.1%
2023 42.24 2130th 4086 47.9%
2024 46.62 2120th 4261 50.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.43 2389th 4264 44.0%
2019 55.29 1686th 4309 60.9%
2021 70.39 828th 4451 81.4%
2022 57.21 1665th 4477 62.8%
2023 39.85 2879th 4521 36.3%
2024 11.71 4420th 4560 3.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.82 1650th 4306 61.7%
2019 60.83 1456th 4348 66.5%
2021 88.54 398th 4499 91.2%
2022 83.75 525th 4561 88.5%
2023 69.00 1138th 4588 75.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 72.15 655th 3184 79.4%
2022 65.07 1109th 2958 62.5%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.44 592nd 4240 86.0%
2019 30.28 3377th 4295 21.4%
2021 66.21 903rd 4331 79.2%
2022 42.17 2659th 4461 40.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.06 566th 4319 86.9%
2019 87.20 393rd 4357 91.0%
2021 85.64 501st 4498 88.9%
2022 84.14 550th 4563 87.9%
2023 65.58 1336th 4585 70.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.01 2587th 4168 37.9%
2019 27.02 3458th 4188 17.4%
2021 65.72 1080th 4329 75.1%
2022 63.94 1222nd 4376 72.1%
2023 35.50 3054th 4401 30.6%
2024 8.45 4366th 4431 1.5%
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Rank History for White students at Gunter Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.22 502nd 3127 83.9%
2019 77.21 506th 3142 83.9%
2021 83.37 279th 3082 90.9%
2022 73.95 596th 3082 80.7%
2023 57.09 1317th 3106 57.6%
2024 34.49 2216th 3078 28.0%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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by a parent
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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Enrollment information for Gunter Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 138 1 1 29 n/a n/a n/a 0 169
1989 143 1 1 44 0 n/a n/a 0 189
1990 135 0 1 39 0 n/a n/a 0 175
1991 135 0 1 46 0 n/a n/a 0 182
1992 132 0 0 44 0 n/a n/a 0 176
1993 152 0 0 45 0 n/a n/a 0 197
1994 156 0 0 56 1 n/a n/a 0 213
1995 176 1 0 65 4 n/a n/a 0 246
1996 176 1 0 65 4 n/a n/a 0 246
1997 172 1 0 52 2 n/a n/a 0 227
1998 186 1 0 51 0 n/a n/a 0 238
1999 217 1 0 52 0 n/a n/a 0 270
2000 241 1 0 58 0 n/a n/a 0 300
2001 201 2 0 52 0 n/a n/a 0 255
2002 203 1 0 60 0 n/a n/a 0 264
2003 203 1 0 60 0 n/a n/a 0 264
2004 205 1 0 68 3 n/a n/a 0 277
2005 226 1 0 71 0 n/a n/a 0 298
2006 249 0 0 78 0 n/a n/a 0 327
2007 260 1 0 73 1 n/a n/a 0 335
2008 258 1 2 67 2 n/a n/a 0 330
2009 224 0 2 68 3 n/a n/a 0 297
2010 204 0 3 64 4 n/a n/a 0 275
2011 194 0 2 60 6 0 15 0 277
2012 206 0 2 72 5 0 13 0 298
2013 171 1 1 77 5 0 12 0 267
2014 196 1 1 79 2 0 12 0 291
2015 209 5 1 84 2 0 10 0 311
2016 226 3 0 88 3 0 11 0 331
2017 214 5 2 96 3 0 7 0 327
2018 247 6 2 105 4 0 5 0 369
2019 270 6 2 100 2 0 4 0 384
2020 270 8 2 92 4 0 9 0 385
2021 262 5 2 94 9 1 11 0 384
2022 306 6 2 78 9 2 15 0 418
2023 301 8 2 80 4 2 17 0 414

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Gunter Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 169 8.0 21.1 n/a
1989 189 n/a n/a n/a
1990 175 11.0 15.9 n/a
1991 182 11.2 16.2 n/a
1992 176 12.2 14.4 28.4
1993 197 15.0 13.1 38.1
1994 213 17.2 12.4 34.7
1995 246 20.2 12.2 31.3
1996 246 20.2 12.2 31.3
1997 227 18.8 12.1 30
1998 238 19.0 12.5 24.4
1999 270 20.1 13.4 27.8
2000 300 22.9 13.1 24.3
2001 255 21.8 11.7 27.8
2002 264 20.7 12.8 26.1
2003 264 20.7 12.8 26.1
2004 277 23.8 11.6 33.6
2005 298 23.7 12.6 31.9
2006 327 24.7 13.2 32.1
2007 335 23.2 14.4 30.1
2008 330 24.3 13.6 23.9
2009 297 22.3 13.3 27.6
2010 275 21.2 12.9 31.3
2011 277 20.3 13.6 31.4
2012 298 20.7 14.3 38.6
2013 267 19.7 13.5 41.2
2014 291 19.6 14.8 38.5
2015 311 21.0 14.8 37.3
2016 331 21.0 15.7 37.2
2017 327 20.7 15.7 38.5
2018 369 22.0 16.7 39.8
2019 384 21.9 17.5 40.4
2020 385 24.0 16.0 35.6
2021 384 24.6 15.5 23.2
2022 418 27.8 15.0 99.3
2023 414 28.4 14.5 23.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Gunter Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 169 8.0 21.1 n/a
1989 189 n/a n/a n/a
1990 175 11.0 15.9 n/a
1991 182 11.2 16.2 n/a
1992 176 12.2 14.4 28.4
1993 197 15.0 13.1 38.1
1994 213 17.2 12.4 34.7
1995 246 20.2 12.2 31.3
1996 246 20.2 12.2 31.3
1997 227 18.8 12.1 30
1998 238 19.0 12.5 24.4
1999 270 20.1 13.4 27.8
2000 300 22.9 13.1 24.3
2001 255 21.8 11.7 27.8
2002 264 20.7 12.8 26.1
2003 264 20.7 12.8 26.1
2004 277 23.8 11.6 33.6
2005 298 23.7 12.6 31.9
2006 327 24.7 13.2 32.1
2007 335 23.2 14.4 30.1
2008 330 24.3 13.6 23.9
2009 297 22.3 13.3 27.6
2010 275 21.2 12.9 31.3
2011 277 20.3 13.6 31.4
2012 298 20.7 14.3 38.6
2013 267 19.7 13.5 41.2
2014 291 19.6 14.8 38.5
2015 311 21.0 14.8 37.3
2016 331 21.0 15.7 37.2
2017 327 20.7 15.7 38.5
2018 369 22.0 16.7 39.8
2019 384 21.9 17.5 40.4
2020 385 24.0 16.0 35.6
2021 384 24.6 15.5 23.2
2022 418 27.8 15.0 99.3
2023 414 28.4 14.5 23.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Gunter Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $3,255 (21.1%) $12,158 (78.9%) $15,412
2020 $2,950 (19.6%) $12,096 (80.4%) $15,047
2021 $3,294 (20.7%) $12,621 (79.3%) $15,915

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Gunter Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 752nd of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 1243rd of 4647 Elementary schools
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Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Gunter Elementary)4444
   3rd Grade Reading (Gunter Independent School District (Isd))4444
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Gunter Elementary)6148
 13%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Gunter Independent School District (Isd))6148
 13%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Gunter Elementary)6555
 10%
   4th Grade Reading (Gunter Independent School District (Isd))6555
 10%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Gunter Elementary)5672
 16%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Gunter Independent School District (Isd))5672
 16%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students384414
 7.8%
African American68
 33.3%
American Indian24
 100%
Asian22
Hispanic10080
 20%
Pacific Islander02
White270301
 11.5%
Two or More Races417
 325%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients40.4%23.2%
 17.2%


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Gunter Elementary ranks 2789th of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Gunter Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Gunter Middle
High : Gunter High School

Students at Gunter Elementary are 73% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 414 students attended Gunter Elementary.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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