 It previously served high school students from the neighboring Tioga Independent School District (however, Tioga began adding high school grades in 2012-2013 and completed doing so in 2015-2016).In 2009, the school district was rated "exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.In addition to typical University Interscholastic League competitive sports and academic programs common to schools of its size in Texas, the Gunter High School has participated in the BEST Robotics program since 1993.