School enrolment, children aged 3 and 4
Children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school, including nursery school and preschool, at any time in the three months before the interview, as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
Reported by households, so it includes private nursery schools. Small counties have only a few dozen children in the sample, and their rates can swing widely between periods.
Key facts
- School enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 in the United States was 45.5% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- District of Columbia had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 51 states in 2024, at 79%, and North Dakota the lowest, at 28.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Published for 6,412 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- US cities
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
US states by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Arkansas
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Clark County
- Cumberland County
- St. Tammany Parish
- Dauphin County
- Nueces County
- Chester County
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"preschool_enrolment_rate_3_4","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=preschool_enrolment_rate_3_4&level=region&within=United%20States