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

Fountain Hills, AZ had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 44 cities in 2023, at 65.1%. Cottonwood, AZ had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 34.1% and the figure for Arizona was 35.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest65.1Fountain Hills, AZ

Lowest0Cottonwood, AZ

Median34.144 cities

Arizona35.7History

All cities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Fountain Hills, AZ	65.1	-0.8 pts
2	Oro Valley, AZ	62.7	+5.1 pts
3	Eloy, AZ	59.9	+31.9 pts
4	San Luis, AZ	54.3	-0.3 pts
5	Sierra Vista, AZ	50.6	-0.1 pts
6	Chandler, AZ	50.3	+1.8 pts
6	Flagstaff, AZ	50.3	+2.4 pts
8	Gilbert, AZ	49.8	+2.3 pts
9	Scottsdale, AZ	48.9	+4.9 pts
10	Tempe, AZ	47.8	+3.4 pts
11	Payson, AZ	47.2	+14.5 pts
12	Prescott, AZ	47.1	+3 pts
13	Queen Creek, AZ	44.6	-0.2 pts
14	Peoria, AZ	44.2	+3.3 pts
15	Surprise, AZ	41.1	+3.5 pts
16	Kingman, AZ	40.5	-0.4 pts
17	Prescott Valley, AZ	39.7	+3.2 pts
18	Marana, AZ	38.2	+0.8 pts
19	Tucson, AZ	38.2	+1.3 pts
20	Maricopa, AZ	36.2	+2 pts
21	Douglas, AZ	35.5	+12 pts
22	Chino Valley, AZ	34.4	-7.5 pts
23	Somerton, AZ	33.9	-5.2 pts
24	Mesa, AZ	33.6	-0.9 pts
25	Nogales, AZ	32.8	+7.6 pts
26	Phoenix, AZ	31.6	+0.6 pts
27	Yuma, AZ	31.3	-2.6 pts
28	Buckeye, AZ	29.5	+1.1 pts
29	Lake Havasu City, AZ	29.3	+6.4 pts
30	Paradise Valley, AZ	28.6	+12.4 pts
31	El Mirage, AZ	27	+5 pts
32	Coolidge, AZ	26.6	+7.7 pts
33	Goodyear, AZ	25.7	-0.2 pts
34	Sahuarita, AZ	25.7	+4.1 pts
35	Casa Grande, AZ	23.8	+2.1 pts
36	Safford, AZ	22.8	-25.3 pts
37	Glendale, AZ	22.2	-0.2 pts
38	Show Low, AZ	22.1	0 pts
39	Bullhead City, AZ	19.8	-14.4 pts
40	Camp Verde, AZ	18	+12.9 pts
41	Avondale, AZ	17.2	-4.4 pts
42	Apache Junction, AZ	16.4	-9.7 pts
43	Florence, AZ	7.4	-0.5 pts
44	Cottonwood, AZ	0	-18.9 pts

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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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b14003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/arizona-cities?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b14003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/arizona-cities?period=2023.

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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b14003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/arizona-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  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, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/arizona-cities?period=2023. 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Fountain Hills, AZ, with 65.1% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Cottonwood, AZ, with 0% in 2023.

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