Original Research by School Decision on Evit - Corona Del Sol High School
EVIT - Corona Del Sol High School is a career and technical school serving grades nine through twelve in Tempe, Arizona. It is a program of the East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT), a district that operates shared-time career and technical education centers. This means a student typically remains enrolled at their home high school for core academic subjects and attends the EVIT campus for part of the day to study a trade or profession. Because of this structure, EVIT - Corona Del Sol does not have its own set of enrolled students, a graduation rate, or state test results reported the same way a traditional high school would. The data reflects a student count of zero because enrollment is attributed to a student's home school, not to the EVIT campus itself. A parent evaluating this option should look at the academic record of the student's home high school and the specific program quality at EVIT separately.
Tempe is an inner suburb of Phoenix with a character shaped heavily by the presence of Arizona State University's main campus. The northern part of the city, near the light rail line and ASU, is fairly dense and urbanized with high-rise development along Tempe Town Lake and the Mill Avenue entertainment district. Moving south, the density decreases into single-family homes, strip malls, and office parks. The area is a major employment center, anchored by the university, along with large employers like State Farm and JPMorgan Chase, and is home to the headquarters of companies such as GoDaddy and First Solar. Housing values in the area are above the national average, and rents are substantial, reflecting the demand of a well-established city with a strong job market and amenities like Tempe Town Lake and the light rail.
The school itself is a career and technical school, which signals a focused mission. It is not a comprehensive high school offering a broad set of extracurriculars and general academics. The purpose is to give students hands-on training in specific career fields, and the offerings are the primary reason a family would seek it out. Because this is a specialized program within a larger district, the standard metrics used to evaluate a traditional school, such as overall proficiency or chronic absenteeism, do not apply. The data does not contain a list of the specific programs offered, so a parent would need to go directly to EVIT’s public materials to see what trades or professions are available at this campus.
For a student who knows what career pathway they want to pursue and is looking for a structured, applied learning environment, this type of school can be a strong fit. It operates outside the normal academic-accountability framework, so comparisons based on test scores or graduation rates are not possible here. The lack of data on special populations like students with disabilities or English learners means a parent with those specific needs should ask the school directly about support structures. The absence of a traditional student body and the reliance on a home school for academic credits and the diploma means the overall high school experience is split between two locations, which is a logistical and social consideration a family will want to understand before enrolling.
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