An equity score of 58/100 ranks Gunter Isd #378 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,979 per pupil, Gunter Isd ranks #123 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,158
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,979
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gunter Isd operates 3 public schools serving 1,158 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Grayson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,979 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.0% local, 41.3% state, and 10.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 58/100, ranked #378 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 324:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 12.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.6% White, 21.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gunter El, with a diversity index of 46.4/100.
Its largest campus is Gunter El, enrolling 413 students (36% of the district's total enrollment).
Gunter El accounts for 35.7% of all Gunter Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gunter Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Gunter Isd student-counselor ratio is 324:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Gunter Isd is typically wider than the Gunter Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Gunter Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 12.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.