Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor

Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor operates as a very small senior high in Taylor, Arizona, operated by Career Development Inc. (4400). Current enrollment sits at 59 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 91% smaller than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 631 students.

Operationally, Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor answers to Career Development Inc. (4400), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor shows that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 8% Native American. By comparison, Navajo County as a whole is about 45% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Navajo County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,606, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. In all, Navajo County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,662 students), of which Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor is one.

Nearest neighbor: George Washington Academy, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor has rose 31%, going from 45 students in 2018 to 59 in 2025.

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