Seventy-three percent of Hamilton County's May, 2007 graduates enrolled in college during the fall of 2007.  This number is up from 70% in 2006 and 69% in 2005.  Of these students, the percentage enrolling in four-year colleges rose from 57% in 2006 to 62% in 2007.

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Chattanooga Times Free Press

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Article includes a map showing 2006 graduates' college choices.

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Chattanooga Times Free Press
More Hamilton County graduates are enrolling in college

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Partnership for College Access and Success hires college students to help high school students apply for college

Chattanooga Times Free Press
More Hamilton County graduates are enrolling in college

Focus
Lumina Foundation Focus magazine features Soddy Daisy High School college access program

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Seventy-one percent of last year’s Hamilton County Schools’ high school graduates pursued degrees at 122 colleges in 30 states, figures from the Public Education Foundation show.

Chattanoogan.com
Hamilton County is one of eight communities to receive a grant from the Lumina Foundation for increasing college access and student success.