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Guntersville, Alabama - 4 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Guntersville City #106 of 146 districts in Alabama (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,616 per pupil, Guntersville City ranks #52 of 146 Alabama districts by per-pupil spending (Alabama districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,851
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,616
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Guntersville City operates 4 public schools serving 1,851 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Alabama. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle 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 Marshall County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,616 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 146 Alabama districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alabama compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.0% local, 44.8% state, and 16.3% 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 38/100, ranked #106 of 146 in Alabama against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 383:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.4% White, 13.7% African American, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Guntersville Middle School, with a diversity index of 48.7/100.
Its largest campus is Guntersville High School, enrolling 556 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Guntersville High School accounts for 30.0% of all Guntersville City student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Guntersville City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Guntersville City student-counselor ratio is 383:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Guntersville City chronic absenteeism rate is 21.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Guntersville City is typically wider than the Guntersville City-aggregate figure suggests.
Guntersville City has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,851 students.
How much does Guntersville City spend per student?
Guntersville City spends $12,616 per student. The district has an equity score of 38/100, ranking #106 in Alabama.
What is the demographic composition of Guntersville City?
Guntersville City students are 72.4% White, 13.7% African American, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Guntersville City?
Guntersville City has an equity score of 38/100, ranking #106 out of 146 districts in Alabama.