 It won state titles in 1995, 1998, and 1999.The school has also won state titles in baseball in 1994 (Class A) and 1998 (Class AA) and in football in 2016 and 2019 (Class AAA Division II)
State Runner up in Football 2017 (Class AAA Division II)

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.