Original Research by School Decision on Ctd - St. David High School
CTD - St. David High School is a career and technical school serving grades nine through twelve, operating under the Cochise Technology District in Saint David, Arizona. The school is designated as a career and technical school, which typically means its academic program centers on vocational and technical training rather than a standard comprehensive high school curriculum. However, the available data provides almost no specific information about what programs or pathways the school offers. The school’s website was not provided in the source material, and no course listings, certification offerings, or dual-credit details were available. A parent interested in the specific career fields or industry credentials available here would need to contact the district directly.
Saint David is a small, rural place along the San Pedro River in Cochise County. It was founded as a Mormon farming community and remains a tight-knit settlement with a sparse built environment. The main road, Arizona State Route 80 (Patten Street), runs through town and is lined with cottonwood and pecan trees, giving the setting an oasis feel within the Sonoran desert. The school complex sits on that highway and serves as a civic anchor: the historic brick schoolhouse, on the National Register of Historic Places, is on the same campus, and the annual San Pedro Valley Fair and 1880s Historic Costume Ball are held there. Walkability is limited in this rural census-designated place, and street life is minimal. The population has seen a small decline in recent decades, and no major new housing developments were identified. Housing values in the area are moderately below national benchmarks. The Holy Trinity Monastery and a BLM bird sanctuary along the San Pedro River are notable nearby institutions.
The data reported for CTD - St. David High School is almost entirely absent. Enrollment is listed as zero for each grade and in total. This is an unusual figure; it is possible that the school functions as a shared program or center where students remain formally enrolled at their home high school and attend for specialized coursework, but the source material does not confirm that. No state assessment results, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism rate, staffing data, or discipline data are available. Because no academic performance metrics exist, the school cannot be compared to others in Cochise County on those measures. The career and technical designation may mean that traditional state testing and graduation rate reporting do not apply in the same way, but again, the data does not specify.
For a parent or resident evaluating this school, the key takeaway is that standard academic indicators are missing, and the available record shows no student enrollment count. The school’s purpose appears to be vocational training within a rural district, but beyond that classification, very little can be said from the evidence at hand. Anyone considering this school should seek detailed information directly from the Cochise Technology District office about which career programs are offered, how students are enrolled, and what outcomes are tracked. The community itself is stable, rural, and historically rooted, with the school serving as an important gathering place for local events.
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