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Gulf Shores High School

Coordinate an Alabama school transfer, the current Gulf Shores High campus and your actual military reporting route.

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A school plan for your PCS

Moving with a student: Gulf Shores High School

Considering Gulf Shores High School in Gulf Shores during a military move? Pair the school's academic information with a plan for admission, records and the first week.

Confirm enrollment in Baldwin County

Consult Gulf Shores City Schools enrollment. Baldwin County Public Schools, Gulf Shores City Schools and Orange Beach City Schools have separate enrollment systems. Have the registrar confirm the district serving your exact residence and any transfer process; a mailing city or nearby map pin is not enrollment approval. Ask the liaison whether your transfer qualifies for Interstate Compact provisions and how to resolve a records or placement issue.

Carry the learning history forward

Request a portable copy of report cards, transcripts, current coursework and relevant learning plans before you leave. If your child has an IEP, 504 plan or other support arrangement, arrange a handoff with the receiving staff and ask what support will be available at the start. Use the Military OneSource school-transition guide to prepare for that conversation.

Match the handoff to the student

Before setting a start date at Gulf Shores High School, ask the counselor to compare completed credits, current courses and graduation requirements. Bring course descriptions as well as grades. Ask about unfinished semester work, prerequisites and activity eligibility, then request a written course plan. This is especially useful when a move crosses state lines or interrupts the senior year.

Connect school, home and duty station

If your orders are for NAS Pensacola while you are considering Alabama housing, ask its liaison to help coordinate the interstate school transition. Otherwise, begin with your assigned installation. Local contacts: NAS Pensacola School Liaison. Ask about youth introductions, deployment-related support and coordination with school staff. Availability of a particular service at Gulf Shores High School should be confirmed directly.

Check the school-day route to your actual duty gate, dismissal time and backup pickup plan. The map estimates travel; it does not establish a bus route, attendance boundary or guaranteed commute.

Installation and enrollment resources checked . Confirm current requirements with the receiving school.

Get to know this school

Gulf Shores High School at a glance.

Gulf Shores High School is listed as a public school in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This guide brings together its recorded identity, school-specific information where verified, practical questions for your visit, and other nearby options.

School formatPublic school
Recorded cityGulf Shores, AL 36542
Directory grade span09–12
CountyBaldwin
Directory year2024-25
NCES identity010020202473
Recorded school typeRegular School
Directory phone(251)968-4747
Alabama accountability · 2024–25A · 93/100 total points

Recorded address: 21656 Coastal Gateway Boulevard. A confirmed campus point is unavailable, so this school remains in the list without a pin.

The current high-school address is 21656 Coastal Gateway Boulevard. The former 600 East 15th Avenue location belongs to the older NCES record and is now listed for the middle school. A verified point for the new high-school campus is not available in this directory, so no pin, distance or driving estimate is shown. Confirm the entrance with the school. Campus information checked September 10, 2026.

Grade spans describe the directory year above. Displayed locations may use separately cited campus updates. Newer program details are identified below; confirm the intended program and campus before enrollment.

The school side of your PCS

Plan the interstate handoff and the duty route together

A PCS household considering Gulf Shores High needs two receiving-side conversations: the city district registrar for enrollment and a counselor for Alabama course and graduation requirements. Share the current transcript and projected arrival date. Ask the assigned installation liaison to help coordinate unresolved interstate transfer questions rather than assuming a Florida school plan carries over unchanged.

The high school's current published address is 21656 Coastal Gateway Boulevard. Use that campus when planning school and duty travel, and confirm its entrance before a visit. A map estimate to an old campus would distort the housing comparison even if the school name is correct.

Keep the city district's residency decision separate from the military assignment. If NAS Pensacola is the reporting destination, compare the complete school-and-duty routine from the exact home, including backup pickup. Ask which registration steps can begin before arrival and which original documents need to be presented. A non-resident application and a projected move date are not a confirmed school place.

Planning guidance reviewed . Official resources: Gulf Shores City Schools current admissions and registration; Gulf Shores High current campus directory. Confirm current enrollment with the school.

Academic information in context

What the data can tell you.

The Alabama State Department of Education reports an official A and 93/100 total points for Gulf Shores High School in 2024–25. This is the individual school result for Gulf Shores City, system 152, school 0030.

Alabama 2024–25 published school indicators · All Students
Official indicatorPublished value
Academic Achievement69.81
Academic Growth100
Chronic Absenteeism6.54
College and Career Readiness100
Graduation Rate98.97

Alabama's total points are an accountability score, not the percentage of students proficient. Indicator values above are copied from the state's All Students rows and are not all proficiency percentages. Graduation and college/career readiness indicators use 2023–24 cohorts within the 2024–25 report. Missing indicators are not treated as zero. Florida's 2025–26 system uses different calculations; compare schools within the same state and report year.

How to read this school's result

Read Gulf Shores High School's A as a school-wide snapshot for 2024–25. Look separately at achievement, growth and attendance where reported, and ask what has changed since that year. A strong overall letter can coexist with a specific area needing attention; the total does not describe every grade level, classroom or student.

A useful question for your visit

Which published indicator best reflects a current strength, which needs the most work, and what support would a new student receive in that area?

Official Alabama letter-grade workbook ↗ · Official Alabama indicator-score workbook ↗ · Alabama technical guide ↗ · Alabama official school report cards ↗

Give the receiving team a complete transition picture

  • Which office confirms the residence and any non-resident application before the family arrives?
  • Who compares transferred credits and the remaining Alabama graduation requirements?
  • Which original documents must be available at enrollment, and what can be reviewed in advance?
  • Can the household cover the current campus trip alongside the actual reporting location and schedule?

Keep the receiving-school contacts, missing records and confirmed first day with your PCS checklist. The installation liaison can help coordinate questions; the school makes the enrollment and course decisions.

Compare the questions that matter

Other schools to explore.

These are the nearest other pages in the same county and public/private sector with an overlapping recorded school level and similar campus/virtual format. Public-school comparisons also match the federal regular, alternative, special-education or vocational classification. They are comparison starting points, not a ranking or an admissions promise.

Baldwin County High School ↗

Bay Minette · Directory grades 09–12 · 2024-25

Campus distance is not comparable.

Compare the current entry grades, instruction, support and daily schedule at Baldwin County High School. It could fit differently if its verified program or routine better matches what your student needs.

Baldwin Preparatory Academy ↗

Loxley · Directory grades 10–11 · 2024-25

Campus distance is not comparable.

Compare the current entry grades, instruction, support and daily schedule at Baldwin Preparatory Academy. It could fit differently if its verified program or routine better matches what your student needs.

Daphne High School ↗

Daphne · Directory grades 09–12 · 2024-25

Campus distance is not comparable.

Compare the current entry grades, instruction, support and daily schedule at Daphne High School. It could fit differently if its verified program or routine better matches what your student needs.

These are campus-to-campus distances, not road miles from your home. The school finder retains separate straight-line radius filters, optional road-route estimates and Google Maps directions.

Sources and review notes.

Guide assembled September 6, 2026. Directory years are shown separately. The local planning interpretation uses the cited directory, mapped locations and available state results; it does not imply a visit or unverified program expertise.

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