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

Griffith, IN had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 88 cities in 2021, at 81.2%. Cedar Lake, IN had the lowest, at 9.6%. The median was 40.2% and the figure for Indiana was 39.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest81.2Griffith, IN
Lowest9.6Cedar Lake, IN
Median40.288 cities
Indiana39.8History

Top 40 cities, 2021

Griffith, IN: 81.2 %Griffith, IN81.2Columbia City, IN: 80.3 %Columbia City, IN80.3Decatur, IN: 78.1 %Decatur, IN78.1McCordsville, IN: 76.4 %McCordsville, IN76.4Auburn, IN: 69.8 %Auburn, IN69.8Crown Point, IN: 65.8 %Crown Point, IN65.8Yorktown, IN: 64.9 %Yorktown, IN64.9Mooresville, IN: 64 %Mooresville, IN64Huntington, IN: 63.6 %Huntington, IN63.6Westfield, IN: 63.5 %Westfield, IN63.5Avon, IN: 61.9 %Avon, IN61.9Carmel, IN: 61.6 %Carmel, IN61.6Fishers, IN: 60.3 %Fishers, IN60.3West Lafayette, IN: 56.6 %West Lafayette, IN56.6Marion, IN: 56.5 %Marion, IN56.5Peru, IN: 55.8 %Peru, IN55.8Richmond, IN: 55 %Richmond, IN55New Haven, IN: 54.9 %New Haven, IN54.9Zionsville, IN: 54.7 %Zionsville, IN54.7Bargersville, IN: 54.4 %Bargersville, IN54.4Connersville, IN: 54.3 %Connersville, IN54.3Mishawaka, IN: 53.7 %Mishawaka, IN53.7Bloomington, IN: 53.6 %Bloomington, IN53.6Dyer, IN: 53.5 %Dyer, IN53.5Crawfordsville, IN: 52.4 %Crawfordsville, IN52.4Kokomo, IN: 51.8 %Kokomo, IN51.8Bluffton, IN: 50.7 %Bluffton, IN50.7Shelbyville, IN: 49.1 %Shelbyville, IN49.1Plymouth, IN: 48.9 %Plymouth, IN48.9Jasper, IN: 48.8 %Jasper, IN48.8Schererville, IN: 48.7 %Schererville, IN48.7St. John, IN: 47.8 %St. John, IN47.8Munster, IN: 46.7 %Munster, IN46.7Brownsburg, IN: 45.9 %Brownsburg, IN45.9Muncie, IN: 45.7 %Muncie, IN45.7Gary, IN: 44.6 %Gary, IN44.6Speedway, IN: 43.9 %Speedway, IN43.9Columbus, IN: 43.3 %Columbus, IN43.3Greensburg, IN: 43.2 %Greensburg, IN43.2Franklin, IN: 43 %Franklin, IN43Griffith, IN: 81.2 %Griffith, IN81.2Columbia City, IN: 80.3 %Columbia City, IN80.3Decatur, IN: 78.1 %Decatur, IN78.1McCordsville, IN: 76.4 %McCordsville, IN76.4Auburn, IN: 69.8 %Auburn, IN69.8Crown Point, IN: 65.8 %Crown Point, IN65.8Yorktown, IN: 64.9 %Yorktown, IN64.9Mooresville, IN: 64 %Mooresville, IN64Huntington, IN: 63.6 %Huntington, IN63.6Westfield, IN: 63.5 %Westfield, IN63.5Avon, IN: 61.9 %Avon, IN61.9Carmel, IN: 61.6 %Carmel, IN61.6Fishers, IN: 60.3 %Fishers, IN60.3West Lafayette, IN: 56.6 %West Lafayette, IN56.6Marion, IN: 56.5 %Marion, IN56.5Peru, IN: 55.8 %Peru, IN55.8Richmond, IN: 55 %Richmond, IN55New Haven, IN: 54.9 %New Haven, IN54.9Zionsville, IN: 54.7 %Zionsville, IN54.7Bargersville, IN: 54.4 %Bargersville, IN54.4Connersville, IN: 54.3 %Connersville, IN54.3Mishawaka, IN: 53.7 %Mishawaka, IN53.7Bloomington, IN: 53.6 %Bloomington, IN53.6Dyer, IN: 53.5 %Dyer, IN53.5Crawfordsville, IN: 52.4 %Crawfordsville, IN52.4Kokomo, IN: 51.8 %Kokomo, IN51.8Bluffton, IN: 50.7 %Bluffton, IN50.7Shelbyville, IN: 49.1 %Shelbyville, IN49.1Plymouth, IN: 48.9 %Plymouth, IN48.9Jasper, IN: 48.8 %Jasper, IN48.8Schererville, IN: 48.7 %Schererville, IN48.7St. John, IN: 47.8 %St. John, IN47.8Munster, IN: 46.7 %Munster, IN46.7Brownsburg, IN: 45.9 %Brownsburg, IN45.9Muncie, IN: 45.7 %Muncie, IN45.7Gary, IN: 44.6 %Gary, IN44.6Speedway, IN: 43.9 %Speedway, IN43.9Columbus, IN: 43.3 %Columbus, IN43.3Greensburg, IN: 43.2 %Greensburg, IN43.2Franklin, IN: 43 %Franklin, IN43
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021 (%)
1Griffith, IN81.2
2Columbia City, IN80.3
3Decatur, IN78.1
4McCordsville, IN76.4
5Auburn, IN69.8
6Crown Point, IN65.8
7Yorktown, IN64.9
8Mooresville, IN64
9Huntington, IN63.6
10Westfield, IN63.5
11Avon, IN61.9
12Carmel, IN61.6
13Fishers, IN60.3
14West Lafayette, IN56.6
15Marion, IN56.5
16Peru, IN55.8
17Richmond, IN55
18New Haven, IN54.9
19Zionsville, IN54.7
20Bargersville, IN54.4
21Connersville, IN54.3
22Mishawaka, IN53.7
23Bloomington, IN53.6
24Dyer, IN53.5
25Crawfordsville, IN52.4
26Kokomo, IN51.8
27Bluffton, IN50.7
28Shelbyville, IN49.1
29Plymouth, IN48.9
30Jasper, IN48.8
31Schererville, IN48.7
32St. John, IN47.8
33Munster, IN46.7
34Brownsburg, IN45.9
35Muncie, IN45.7
36Gary, IN44.6
37Speedway, IN43.9
38Columbus, IN43.3
39Greensburg, IN43.2
40Franklin, IN43
41New Castle, IN42.6
42Hobart, IN41
43Fort Wayne, IN40.6
44Logansport, IN40.2
45Vincennes, IN40.2
46Lowell, IN39.9
47Lake Station, IN39.4
48Sellersburg, IN38.8
49Noblesville, IN38.8
50Chesterton, IN38.7
51Indianapolis, IN38.1
52Evansville, IN37.9
53Danville, IN37.4
54Valparaiso, IN36.7
55South Bend, IN36.5
56Highland, IN36.2
57Terre Haute, IN36
58Warsaw, IN35.5
59Hammond, IN35.4
60Jeffersonville, IN34.6
61East Chicago, IN34.5
62Plainfield, IN34
63New Albany, IN33.5
64Lafayette, IN30.3
65Michigan City, IN30.1
66Lawrence, IN29.1
67Madison, IN25.9
68Huntertown, IN25
69Greenwood, IN24.4
70Greenfield, IN22.9
71La Porte, IN22.9
72Seymour, IN22.5
73Clarksville, IN22.3
74Frankfort, IN21
75Beech Grove, IN19
76Wabash, IN18.1
77Merrillville, IN18.1
78Martinsville, IN17.9
79Anderson, IN17.5
80Bedford, IN17
81Washington, IN16.9
82Lebanon, IN16.6
83Elkhart, IN16.4
84Kendallville, IN15.4
85Portage, IN14.2
86Whitestown, IN14.1
87Goshen, IN13.8
88Cedar Lake, IN9.6

Other periods

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.

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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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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 Indiana by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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 Indiana by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b14003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/indiana-cities?period=2021. 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 Indiana by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b14003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/indiana-cities?period=2021.

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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 Indiana by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b14003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/indiana-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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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 Indiana by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4?

Griffith, IN, with 81.2% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Cedar Lake, IN, with 9.6% in 2021.

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