The school also serves the northern and eastern outlying suburbs and rural areas nearby, such as Doney Park, Mountain View Ranches, Timberline-Fernwood, the Coconino County portion of Winslow West,[6][7] and Winona.

Coconino High School maintains a variety of clubs for students to participate in.

Of those, several students audition for the Arizona Music Educators Association All-State Honor Band.

[11] Students who enter the CIT program commit to attaining the following goals by graduation: achieving an ACT score of at least 29 or an SAT score of at least 1300 (Critical reading and mathematics sections), engaging in four years of career exploration through partnerships with current industry professionals and institutions of higher learning, completing at least five college or university applications, completing at least one scholarship application, and gaining acceptance into a college or university.

The CIT curriculum allows students to complete all three major sciences required for Arizona public university admission at a pre-AP (honors) level within two years (Physics, Biology, and Chemistry).

Before entering high school, prospective students must apply; acceptance into CIT is based upon an entrance assessment (math), middle school GPA, teacher recommendations, and a writing sample completed at the time of testing.

[12] Coconino High School is also home to the 1999 National Science Teacher of the Year, David Thompson, who taught physics at Coconino High School while being a master teacher at the Center for Science Teaching and Learning (CTSL) at Northern Arizona University.