Original Research by School Decision on Stedy- Kofa Hs Satellite
STEDY- Kofa HS Satellite is a career and technical school serving grades nine through twelve in Yuma, Arizona, operating as a satellite of Kofa High School within the Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma. It is a public school, not a charter, and it is designated as a career and technical school. The data available for this school is extremely sparse, reflecting its specialized and very small scale.
The school reported a total enrollment of a single student, a twelfth grader who is Hispanic. No information was available on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education status, or English learner identification. Because the school serves only a single student at this satellite location, traditional measures of student composition and peer environment are essentially absent. This is not a comprehensive high school but rather a focused program likely designed to serve a specific student completing a career and technical pathway.
State testing data was not available for this school. No proficiency rates, no graduation rate, and no chronic absenteeism rate were reported. The neighbor comparison, which placed this school relative to districts in Yuma County, noted that these metrics were not applicable because the entity’s values were missing. Given the school’s nature as a career and technical satellite with a single twelfth-grade student, the absence of these standard metrics is expected. A parent or resident should understand that this is not a typical school with a full academic program and assessment profile; it is a very small specialized program, and questions about academic performance and graduation outcomes would need to be directed to the parent district or the main Kofa High School campus.
The school is part of the Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma. The district brief found no lasting parent-relevant changes such as referendums, boundary shifts, or curriculum overhauls in recent years. The district’s focus is career and technical education, and this satellite appears to be a narrow extension of that mission.
Yuma, where the school is located, is a city shaped by agriculture, military presence, and its position near the California and Mexico borders. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and the Army’s Yuma Proving Ground are major employers, alongside large-scale farming operations that grow a wide variety of leafy vegetables. The city also sees a seasonal influx of winter visitors. Yuma’s built environment is largely car-dependent and sprawling, though a historic downtown along Main Street serves as the civic and cultural hub. Housing values in the area are below the state median, and the overall economic context is tied to the agricultural and military sectors.
For anyone evaluating this school, the picture is clear: STEDY- Kofa HS Satellite is not a standalone school that a family would choose as a primary placement for a student seeking a traditional high school experience. It is a minimal satellite operation within a larger CTE district, serving at this point a single senior. The academic pathway is entirely vocational in focus, and the peer environment is essentially nonexistent at this location. A parent whose student is enrolled here through the district’s CTE program would likely receive support and instruction through the main Kofa campus or other district resources. Given the lack of outcome data, it would be reasonable to ask the district directly about completion rates, certification attainment, and post-graduation placement for students in this program.
In sum, this is a very small component of a larger career and technical education system. Standard academic metrics do not apply, and the school’s purpose is narrowly defined. Families looking for a full-service high school will find this satellite irrelevant; those already involved in the district’s CTE offerings may encounter it as a specific site for a particular student’s pathway. The limited data means that any decision about this school would need to be informed by direct conversation with the Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma.
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