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College Access: Results

 

  • 73% of Hamilton County public school graduates enroll in college.
  • This rate of college enrollment is significantly higher than the national average.  The US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that, nationally, 65.8% of high school graduates from the class of 2006 were enrolled in colleges or universities.
  • From 2004 to 2007, the number of Hamilton County graduates enrolling in college increased from 1313 to 1534 - a 17% increase.
  • Graduates of the Hamilton County class of 2007 enrolled in colleges and universities in 31 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, St. Kitts, the West Indies, and Japan.
  • College advisors in every high school have done much to increase the number of students enrolling in college by counseling students on how to navigate the application and enrollment process.
Public Education
Foundation
100 East Tenth Street
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Chattanooga, TN
37402
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423 265 9832 f
Chattanooga’s educators are working ...
... to overcome the barriers that are holding people back. PEF is the lead local agency for the PCAS initiative, an eight-city program funded by Lumina Foundation for Education…PCAS brings together a broad variety of organizations – the local school district, institutions of higher education, community – faith-based organizations, business and government – to help prepare students to succeed in college.
Christina Cooke
Chattanooga Times Free Press