On May 30, 2011, in front of hundreds of relatives, while listening to the sweet sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance,” the class of 2011 received their high school diplomas. At E. C. Glass, 307 students received diplomas. Fifty percent of those seniors graduated with an Advanced Studies Diploma, and 21% graduated as part of the National Honor Society. These students will attend more than 70 colleges around the country.
At Heritage High School, 223 graduates tossed their caps in the air. Forty-seven and a half percent of students received Advanced Studies Diplomas and 9% of the graduates are part of the National Honor Society. Many of the Heritage graduates plan to continue their education, going to one of 42 colleges around the country.
Combined, students from both E. C. Glass and Heritage High School earned a total of $7,794,221 worth of scholarships. Below is a list of colleges the Lynchburg City Schools Class of 2011 will attend:
| Adelphi University | Muhlenburg College |
| American University | Nash Community College |
| The Art Institute of Washington | Norfolk State University |
| The Art Institute of New York City | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| Averett University | North Carolina State University |
| Baldwin-Wallace College | North Carolina Wesleyan College |
| Bennett College | Northern Virginia Community College |
| Bluefield College | Old Dominion University |
| Brigham Young University | Patrick Henry College |
| University of California, Berkeley | The Pennsylvania State University |
| Campbell University | Purdue University |
| Cecil College | Queens University |
| Central Virginia Community College | Queens University of Charlotte |
| Christopher Newport University | Radford University |
| College of Charleston | Randolph College |
| The College of William and Mary | Randolph-Macon College |
| DePauw University | Skyline College |
| East Carolina University | Spelman College |
| East Tennessee State University | Purchase College - State University of New York |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | Sweet Briar College |
| Ferrum College | The Citadel |
| Florida Institute of Technology | Tulane University |
| Front Range Community College | University of Alabama |
| Galen University, Belize | University of Delaware |
| George Mason University | University of Georgia |
| Guilford College | University of Mary Washington |
| Hamline University | University of Missouri |
| Hampton University | University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
| Hollins University | University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
| Hood College | University of Notre Dame |
| James Madison University | University of South Carolina |
| Joffrey Ballet Company | University of Virginia |
| Johnson & Wales University | University of Virginia at Wise |
| Lane College | Vassar College |
| Liberty University | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Livingstone College | Virginia Military Institute |
| Longwood University | Virginia State University |
| Loyola University | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Lynchburg College | Virginia Union University |
| Lynchburg General School of Nursing | Virginia University of Lynchburg |
| Marymount Manhattan College | Wake Forest University |
| Miller Motte Technical College | Washington and Lee University |
| Morgan State University | West Virginia University |
| Mount Ida College | Winston-Salem State University |