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

Lake Elmo, MN had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 103 cities in 2022, at 82.6%. Fairmont, MN had the lowest, at 16.5%. The median was 45.9% and the figure for Minnesota was 45.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest82.6Lake Elmo, MN

Lowest16.5Fairmont, MN

Median45.9103 cities

Minnesota45.7History

Top 40 cities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Lake Elmo, MN	82.6	+15.5 pts
2	Northfield, MN	78.4	-2.1 pts
3	Vadnais Heights, MN	75.2	+13 pts
4	Victoria, MN	73.8	+8.5 pts
5	St. Louis Park, MN	72.1	-0.5 pts
6	New Ulm, MN	70	+5.4 pts
7	Chanhassen, MN	67.6	+2.5 pts
8	Eden Prairie, MN	66.6	-5.2 pts
9	Edina, MN	65.3	+2.6 pts
10	Marshall, MN	64.4	+7.9 pts
11	Chaska, MN	63.8	-0.2 pts
12	Plymouth, MN	62.7	+3.6 pts
13	Golden Valley, MN	62.3	-8.1 pts
14	Mendota Heights, MN	60.7	+1 pts
15	Cambridge, MN	59.7	+5.6 pts
16	Hutchinson, MN	59.3	+18.9 pts
17	Bloomington, MN	57.8	+9.2 pts
18	Stillwater, MN	57.4	+2.7 pts
19	Brainerd, MN	56.9	+5.8 pts
20	Winona, MN	56.8	-0.2 pts
21	Willmar, MN	55.9	+23.2 pts
22	St. Peter, MN	55.9	+15.2 pts
23	Detroit Lakes, MN	54.7	+1.7 pts
24	Austin, MN	54.6	+0.5 pts
25	Cloquet, MN	53.7	+7.3 pts
26	New Brighton, MN	53.2	+9.4 pts
27	Minneapolis, MN	53.1	+1.6 pts
28	Otsego, MN	52.5	-6.9 pts
29	Roseville, MN	51.7	+3.9 pts
30	Shakopee, MN	51.3	-4 pts
31	Duluth, MN	51.3	+3.9 pts
32	Prior Lake, MN	51.2	-18.2 pts
33	Crystal, MN	50.8	+0.1 pts
34	Lakeville, MN	50.5	-4.4 pts
35	Owatonna, MN	50	+3.9 pts
36	Robbinsdale, MN	48.8	+14.5 pts
37	Bemidji, MN	48.8	+0.8 pts
38	Albert Lea, MN	48.7	+7.9 pts
39	Sartell, MN	48.6	-1.9 pts
40	Mankato, MN	48.3	-0.2 pts
41	Fridley, MN	48.2	+4.6 pts
42	Minnetonka, MN	47.9	-11.6 pts
43	Worthington, MN	47.8	-9 pts
44	Champlin, MN	47.7	-6.4 pts
45	Forest Lake, MN	47.4	-5.7 pts
46	Rosemount, MN	47.1	+1 pts
47	Blaine, MN	46.8	+2.3 pts
48	Richfield, MN	46.7	-6 pts
49	Rochester, MN	46.5	+1 pts
50	Woodbury, MN	46.2	+1.6 pts
51	Burnsville, MN	46	-3.4 pts
52	Inver Grove Heights, MN	45.9	+5.7 pts
53	New Hope, MN	45.4	-5.6 pts
54	Faribault, MN	45.3	+2.2 pts
55	Maple Grove, MN	44.9	-9.5 pts
56	Lino Lakes, MN	44.6	-6.9 pts
57	Farmington, MN	44.5	-3.5 pts
58	South St. Paul, MN	44.2	-4.1 pts
59	Dayton, MN	43.9	+4.4 pts
60	West St. Paul, MN	43.7	-3.9 pts
61	Apple Valley, MN	43.7	+7.8 pts
61	Moorhead, MN	43.7	+2.8 pts
63	East Bethel, MN	42.9	+6.8 pts
64	Waconia, MN	42.4	+11.4 pts
65	Hastings, MN	42.1	-6.2 pts
66	Shoreview, MN	41	-4.4 pts
67	Maplewood, MN	40.6	-9.4 pts
68	St. Michael, MN	40.4	-5.6 pts
69	North Mankato, MN	40.3	+3.5 pts
70	Brooklyn Park, MN	40.3	-5.4 pts
71	Red Wing, MN	40	-5.8 pts
72	Fergus Falls, MN	39.7	+7.3 pts
73	Columbia Heights, MN	39.4	+5.7 pts
74	Ramsey, MN	39.3	+9 pts
75	Ham Lake, MN	39.1	+0.8 pts
76	Hibbing, MN	38.6	+10 pts
77	Cottage Grove, MN	38.6	-1.3 pts
78	Hopkins, MN	37.9	-19.7 pts
79	Eagan, MN	37.8	+6.2 pts
80	Andover, MN	37.6	-0.9 pts
81	St. Paul, MN	37.6	-0.8 pts
82	Savage, MN	37.5	-3.7 pts
83	Brooklyn Center, MN	36.9	+4.3 pts
84	Mounds View, MN	36.6	+1.9 pts
85	Oakdale, MN	36.3	+5.7 pts
86	Monticello, MN	35.8	-0.9 pts
87	Sauk Rapids, MN	35.8	-10.6 pts
88	White Bear Lake, MN	34.5	+6.2 pts
89	Hugo, MN	34	+0.2 pts
90	St. Cloud, MN	33.7	-8 pts
91	North St. Paul, MN	32.5	+6.6 pts
92	Coon Rapids, MN	30.3	-3 pts
93	Big Lake, MN	30.1	-13.6 pts
94	Anoka, MN	29.6	+1.9 pts
95	Alexandria, MN	26.5	+9.2 pts
96	Little Canada, MN	24.9	-11.8 pts
97	North Branch, MN	24.4	-21.3 pts
98	Rogers, MN	22.9	-3.3 pts
99	Grand Rapids, MN	19.8	-17.8 pts
100	Elk River, MN	19.5	+5.1 pts
101	Hermantown, MN	19.1	-13 pts
102	Buffalo, MN	19	-23 pts
103	Fairmont, MN	16.5	+0.7 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.

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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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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 Minnesota by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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 Minnesota by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/minnesota-cities?period=2022. 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 Minnesota by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/minnesota-cities?period=2022.

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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 Minnesota by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/minnesota-cities?period=2022 (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 Minnesota by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/minnesota-cities?period=2022. 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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

Lake Elmo, MN, with 82.6% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Fairmont, MN, with 16.5% in 2022.

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