Cities in Arizona by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024

Fountain Hills, AZ had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 44 cities in 2024, at 63%. Cottonwood, AZ had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 31.8% and the figure for Arizona was 35%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest63Fountain Hills, AZ

Lowest0Cottonwood, AZ

Median31.844 cities

Arizona35History

All cities, 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	Fountain Hills, AZ	63	-2.1 pts
2	Payson, AZ	61.6	+14.4 pts
3	Sierra Vista, AZ	59.2	+8.6 pts
4	Scottsdale, AZ	54.5	+5.6 pts
5	Oro Valley, AZ	53.8	-8.9 pts
6	Gilbert, AZ	50.1	+0.3 pts
7	Flagstaff, AZ	49.3	-0.9 pts
8	Chandler, AZ	46.9	-3.3 pts
9	Peoria, AZ	46.9	+2.7 pts
10	Tempe, AZ	45.4	-2.4 pts
11	San Luis, AZ	44.1	-10.3 pts
12	Queen Creek, AZ	43.8	-0.8 pts
13	Nogales, AZ	39.5	+6.6 pts
14	Tucson, AZ	38.6	+0.5 pts
15	Somerton, AZ	38.6	+4.7 pts
16	Surprise, AZ	38	-3 pts
17	Prescott Valley, AZ	38	-1.6 pts
18	Prescott, AZ	37.9	-9.2 pts
19	Paradise Valley, AZ	35.9	+7.3 pts
20	Marana, AZ	33.9	-4.2 pts
21	Florence, AZ	33.6	+26.2 pts
22	Mesa, AZ	32.1	-1.5 pts
23	Eloy, AZ	31.6	-28.2 pts
24	Phoenix, AZ	31.4	-0.2 pts
25	Kingman, AZ	29.7	-10.8 pts
26	Yuma, AZ	28.6	-2.6 pts
27	El Mirage, AZ	28.2	+1.2 pts
28	Lake Havasu City, AZ	27.2	-2.1 pts
29	Casa Grande, AZ	26.7	+2.9 pts
30	Buckeye, AZ	26.4	-3.1 pts
31	Maricopa, AZ	25.1	-11.2 pts
32	Bullhead City, AZ	24.3	+4.5 pts
33	Glendale, AZ	22.2	+0.1 pts
34	Sahuarita, AZ	21.9	-3.8 pts
35	Chino Valley, AZ	21.7	-12.7 pts
36	Goodyear, AZ	19.5	-6.3 pts
37	Douglas, AZ	16.1	-19.4 pts
38	Avondale, AZ	14.8	-2.3 pts
39	Apache Junction, AZ	12.3	-4.1 pts
40	Coolidge, AZ	11.5	-15.1 pts
41	Camp Verde, AZ	11	-7 pts
42	Safford, AZ	10.6	-12.1 pts
43	Show Low, AZ	9.8	-12.3 pts
44	Cottonwood, AZ	0	0 pts

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2022
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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Arizona by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arizona by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/arizona-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Arizona by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/arizona-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arizona by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/arizona-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Arizona by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/arizona-cities. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Fountain Hills, AZ, with 63% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4?

Cottonwood, AZ, with 0% in 2024.

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