A total of 92 percent of eligible students signed up for the College Bound Scholarship in Renton.

The Road Map Project, which is aimed at driving major improvements in education results in South Seattle and South King County released the final round of individual school district data.

The data was collected by the Higher Education Coordinating Board on the number of eligible eighth graders in the project region who signed up for the College Bound Scholarship by this past June 30.

Overall, there was a record 91 percent of eligible students that signed up in the Renton, Auburn, Federal Way, Highline, Kent, South Seattle and Tukwila school districts. That’s more than 3,900 students who took advantage of this opportunity. The scholarship covers the cost of tuition at Washington’s public colleges and universities. It is for low-income students who sign a pledge by June 30 of their eighth-grade year to graduate from high school, demonstrate good citizenship and seek admission to a college.

In Renton, all 178 eligible students at Nelsen Middle School signed up. Ninety-three percent of those eligible at Mcknight and 86 percent of those eligible at Dimmitt Middle Schools signed up. None of the eligible students in the Home Program, out of district facilities and Renton Academy signed up.

“The level of commitment and cooperation from school district leaders, teachers and counselors, community organizations, housing authorities, mayors and other elected officials was incredible,” said Mary Jean Ryan in a release. She is executive director of the Community Center for Education Results, which coordinates the Road Map Project.

The goal of the Road Map Project is to double the number of students in South Seattle and South King County who are on track to graduate from college or earn a career credential by 2020.