In 2009, the school district was rated "exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.
[6] In addition to typical University Interscholastic League competitive sports and academic programs common to schools of its size in Texas, Gunter High School has participated in the BEST Robotics program since 1993, winning state titles in 1995, 1998, and 1999.
[citation needed] Baseball Football Students in Gunter typically outperform local region and statewide averages on standardized tests.
In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 90% of students in Gunter ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 76% in Region 10 and 75% in the state of Texas.
The class of 2015 included 73 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 1%.