Data / Rankings / School enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 / Cities in Kansas

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

Lansing, KS had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 38 cities in 2024, at 85.1%. Haysville, KS had the lowest, at 8.4%. The median was 45.4% and the figure for Kansas was 44.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest85.1Lansing, KS
Lowest8.4Haysville, KS
Median45.438 cities
Kansas44.7History

All cities, 2024

Lansing, KS: 85.1 %Lansing, KS85.1Leawood, KS: 75.2 %Leawood, KS75.2Lenexa, KS: 72.6 %Lenexa, KS72.6McPherson, KS: 69.5 %McPherson, KS69.5Prairie Village, KS: 65.4 %Prairie Village, KS65.4Pittsburg, KS: 62.7 %Pittsburg, KS62.7Hays, KS: 62.6 %Hays, KS62.6Manhattan, KS: 60.8 %Manhattan, KS60.8Ottawa, KS: 59.1 %Ottawa, KS59.1Great Bend, KS: 58.4 %Great Bend, KS58.4Emporia, KS: 52.3 %Emporia, KS52.3Overland Park, KS: 51.8 %Overland Park, KS51.8Olathe, KS: 51 %Olathe, KS51Andover, KS: 48.7 %Andover, KS48.7Lawrence, KS: 48.6 %Lawrence, KS48.6Newton, KS: 47.6 %Newton, KS47.6Hutchinson, KS: 47 %Hutchinson, KS47Winfield, KS: 45.9 %Winfield, KS45.9Mission, KS: 45.7 %Mission, KS45.7Shawnee, KS: 45.1 %Shawnee, KS45.1Leavenworth, KS: 44.5 %Leavenworth, KS44.5Topeka, KS: 43.3 %Topeka, KS43.3Gardner, KS: 43.1 %Gardner, KS43.1Derby, KS: 42.9 %Derby, KS42.9Bel Aire, KS: 42.4 %Bel Aire, KS42.4Salina, KS: 41.2 %Salina, KS41.2Kansas City, KS: 40.7 %Kansas City, KS40.7Garden City, KS: 40.2 %Garden City, KS40.2Liberal, KS: 39.5 %Liberal, KS39.5Spring Hill, KS: 38.1 %Spring Hill, KS38.1Wichita, KS: 36.5 %Wichita, KS36.5Junction City, KS: 36.1 %Junction City, KS36.1El Dorado, KS: 36.1 %El Dorado, KS36.1Atchison, KS: 34.6 %Atchison, KS34.6Dodge City, KS: 34.3 %Dodge City, KS34.3Arkansas City, KS: 32.3 %Arkansas City, KS32.3Merriam, KS: 31.7 %Merriam, KS31.7Haysville, KS: 8.4 %Haysville, KS8.4Lansing, KS: 85.1 %Lansing, KS85.1Leawood, KS: 75.2 %Leawood, KS75.2Lenexa, KS: 72.6 %Lenexa, KS72.6McPherson, KS: 69.5 %McPherson, KS69.5Prairie Village, KS: 65.4 %Prairie Village, KS65.4Pittsburg, KS: 62.7 %Pittsburg, KS62.7Hays, KS: 62.6 %Hays, KS62.6Manhattan, KS: 60.8 %Manhattan, KS60.8Ottawa, KS: 59.1 %Ottawa, KS59.1Great Bend, KS: 58.4 %Great Bend, KS58.4Emporia, KS: 52.3 %Emporia, KS52.3Overland Park, KS: 51.8 %Overland Park, KS51.8Olathe, KS: 51 %Olathe, KS51Andover, KS: 48.7 %Andover, KS48.7Lawrence, KS: 48.6 %Lawrence, KS48.6Newton, KS: 47.6 %Newton, KS47.6Hutchinson, KS: 47 %Hutchinson, KS47Winfield, KS: 45.9 %Winfield, KS45.9Mission, KS: 45.7 %Mission, KS45.7Shawnee, KS: 45.1 %Shawnee, KS45.1Leavenworth, KS: 44.5 %Leavenworth, KS44.5Topeka, KS: 43.3 %Topeka, KS43.3Gardner, KS: 43.1 %Gardner, KS43.1Derby, KS: 42.9 %Derby, KS42.9Bel Aire, KS: 42.4 %Bel Aire, KS42.4Salina, KS: 41.2 %Salina, KS41.2Kansas City, KS: 40.7 %Kansas City, KS40.7Garden City, KS: 40.2 %Garden City, KS40.2Liberal, KS: 39.5 %Liberal, KS39.5Spring Hill, KS: 38.1 %Spring Hill, KS38.1Wichita, KS: 36.5 %Wichita, KS36.5Junction City, KS: 36.1 %Junction City, KS36.1El Dorado, KS: 36.1 %El Dorado, KS36.1Atchison, KS: 34.6 %Atchison, KS34.6Dodge City, KS: 34.3 %Dodge City, KS34.3Arkansas City, KS: 32.3 %Arkansas City, KS32.3Merriam, KS: 31.7 %Merriam, KS31.7Haysville, KS: 8.4 %Haysville, KS8.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Lansing, KS85.1-9.3 pts
2Leawood, KS75.2+9.8 pts
3Lenexa, KS72.6+4.1 pts
4McPherson, KS69.5+4.4 pts
5Prairie Village, KS65.4+3.6 pts
6Pittsburg, KS62.7+11.8 pts
7Hays, KS62.6-1.9 pts
8Manhattan, KS60.8+15.9 pts
9Ottawa, KS59.1+10.4 pts
10Great Bend, KS58.4-4.9 pts
11Emporia, KS52.3+1 pts
12Overland Park, KS51.8-2.9 pts
13Olathe, KS51+4 pts
14Andover, KS48.7-1 pts
15Lawrence, KS48.6-0.4 pts
16Newton, KS47.6-9 pts
17Hutchinson, KS47-8.1 pts
18Winfield, KS45.9+1.1 pts
19Mission, KS45.7-8.9 pts
20Shawnee, KS45.1+2.7 pts
21Leavenworth, KS44.5-9.8 pts
22Topeka, KS43.3+1.3 pts
23Gardner, KS43.1+1 pts
24Derby, KS42.9+5.3 pts
25Bel Aire, KS42.4-19.9 pts
26Salina, KS41.2-0.9 pts
27Kansas City, KS40.7-2.3 pts
28Garden City, KS40.2-4.4 pts
29Liberal, KS39.5-0 pts
30Spring Hill, KS38.1+3.4 pts
31Wichita, KS36.5-1.3 pts
32Junction City, KS36.1-7.8 pts
33El Dorado, KS36.1+0.6 pts
34Atchison, KS34.6-7.5 pts
35Dodge City, KS34.3+3.1 pts
36Arkansas City, KS32.3-5.3 pts
37Merriam, KS31.7-0.6 pts
38Haysville, KS8.4-2.6 pts

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.

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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 Kansas 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

MLA 9

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 Kansas 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/kansas-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 Kansas 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/kansas-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 Kansas 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/kansas-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_kansas_by_2024,
  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 Kansas by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/kansas-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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - 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 Kansas by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/kansas-cities
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/kansas-cities.
N1  - 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

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:

Rank Cities in Kansas by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"preschool_enrolment_rate_3_4","level":"municipality","within":"Kansas","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=preschool_enrolment_rate_3_4&level=municipality&within=Kansas&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

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

Lansing, KS, with 85.1% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Haysville, KS, with 8.4% in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

School enrolment, children aged 3 and 4: other rankings

Cities in Kansas: more rankings