Education

Former Alabama State School Superintendent, Ed Richardson, once referred to the Guntersville City School System as the ''Best Kept Secret in Alabama"  With a tradition of excellence, the Guntersville City Schools rank among the top in Alabama in standardized test scores, and scores above the state and national average on the ACT.  Students attend schools in excellent facilities with small class sizes, highly qualified teachers, and access to state of the art technology.

 

Students have access to a wide variety of courses with an emphasis on reading and math in the elementary grades.  Middle and high school students have countless electives with opportunities for college credit in the 11^th and 12^th grades.  Numerous extra-curricular offerings exist in the fine arts, i.e. art, choral music, and band and in athletics, where we have consistently been the highest ranked public school in our classification.

School bus transportation is provided to students within the city limits. 

Vocational and technical education courses are taught at Guntersville High School. High School students may also take courses at the Marshall Technical School located in Guntersville.

In addition to the regular instructional program in grades K-12, special needs programs are tailored to the gifted, the average learner, the slow learner and the handicapped.

Institutions of higher learning within commuting distance of Guntersville include: Snead State Community College (15 miles away), the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama A & M University and Gadsden State Junior College (each 40 miles away).