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Chatham High: 93% of Class of 2024 Matriculated to Four-Year Colleges, Principal Reports
Summary
Principal Dr. Walker presented the Class of 2024 outcomes: 93% went to four-year institutions, the class averaged 10.1 applications per student and had a 52.44% acceptance rate. The principal credited counseling programming and expanded college-rep visits.
Chatham High School Principal Dr. Walker presented the district’s 2024 graduates report, saying 93% of the Class of 2024 matriculated to four-year colleges, 2% went to two-year institutions and 5% pursued other pathways, including the district’s 18–21 special-education program.
Dr. Walker said the class of just under 300 students produced a 52.44% acceptance rate overall, with 2,830 total applications and roughly 1,400 acceptances, averaging 10.1 applications per student and about 5.27 acceptances per student. He described programming changes — more targeted college-rep visits, a student panel on UK study and increased outreach to nontraditional schools — that he credited with improving match and acceptance rates.
Why it matters: The report highlighted strong results for students with IEPs (more than 80% continuing education) and showed shifts in regional matriculation (slight decrease on the East Coast, increases in the South and Midwest). Dr. Walker said counseling begins in ninth grade and that junior-year conferences include parent–student–counselor planning.
Questions from board members covered how early-decision applications are counted, testing trends (ACT/SAT), and whether financial aid or scholarship choices affect final matriculation; Dr. Walker said the district pulls application data after graduation from Naviance and counts outcome (matriculation) based on final enrollment information.
