The David School is located in David, Kentucky, a rural village in the Appalachian Mountains. The school is a non-denominational private high school with a mission to serve underprivileged and struggling students.
The David School was started in the 1970s by Danny Greene, originally from New York City, who had come to David, Kentucky, as a college sophomore and was moved by the rampant poverty and illiteracy there. Greene retired as Executive Director in 2005 and moved to San Antonio, Texas for family reasons, according to newspaper accounts, but remained involved with the David School as a fund-raiser.
The school's campus was built largely with volunteer labor and many of the workers at the David School are technically long-term volunteers rather than employees and earn only about $500 per month.
The school is featured in the PBS documentary Country Boys.