Original Research by School Decision on Evit - Tempe High School
EVIT – Tempe High School is a career and technical school in Tempe, Arizona, serving grades nine through twelve. It is one of the campuses of the East Valley Institute of Technology, a district focused on vocational and technical education. The school operates as a shared-time facility, meaning students come from their home high schools across the East Valley to take courses in specialized trades and career fields. This structure is central to understanding what the school offers. The enrollment data reports no students directly enrolled at this facility, which is a common pattern for a shared-time career and technical center where students remain enrolled at their home school for academic credit and attendance reporting.
Because the school is a CTE center rather than a comprehensive high school, standard academic accountability measures do not apply in the same way. State testing results are not available for this location, and no graduation rate is reported. That is not unusual for this type of school. Students take their core academic classes and state assessments at their home high schools. A parent looking for academic performance data would need to look at the sending school rather than this facility. The school’s own program offerings were not included in the available data, so a parent may want to contact EVIT directly to learn what specific career and technical pathways are offered at this campus.
The school is situated on South Mill Avenue in Tempe, an inner suburb of Phoenix that is deeply shaped by Arizona State University's main campus. The northern part of Tempe, especially along the Mill Avenue corridor and near Tempe Town Lake, has a dense, urbanized development pattern with high-rise buildings, a pedestrian-oriented entertainment district, and light rail connecting to Phoenix and Mesa. The southern parts of the city are more auto-oriented, with single-family homes and strip malls. Major retail destinations like Tempe Marketplace and Arizona Mills are nearby. ASU is the largest employer, and the city is home to corporate headquarters including GoDaddy, First Solar, and Circle K. Tempe Town Lake and Papago Park provide recreational anchors.
Housing values in the zip code around the school are near the state average, and rents are similarly moderate. Both have seen a modest softening over the past year, mirroring a broader trend in the state housing market. The area offers a mix of older single-family neighborhoods and newer higher-density development near the downtown and lakefront.
The East Valley Institute of Technology district itself has not had any major parent-relevant changes publicly reported in recent years, such as bond measures, curriculum overhauls, or tax shifts. The district's function is to operate multiple CTE campuses across the East Valley, and this Tempe location is one of those sites.
Given the nature of the school, it fits students who want to pursue career and technical training while maintaining enrollment in their traditional high school for academic credits and graduation. A family considering this school would need to investigate whether their home high school partners with EVIT, what transportation options exist, and what specific programs are available at this campus. The lack of academic test data and graduation metrics is inherent to the model, not a sign of weak performance.
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