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

Northfield, MN had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 103 cities in 2023, at 78.1%. Grand Rapids, MN had the lowest, at 11%. The median was 44.8% and the figure for Minnesota was 44.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest78.1Northfield, MN

Lowest11Grand Rapids, MN

Median44.8103 cities

Minnesota44.7History

Top 40 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	Northfield, MN	78.1	-0.3 pts
2	Victoria, MN	78	+4.1 pts
3	Vadnais Heights, MN	75.5	+0.3 pts
4	Lake Elmo, MN	72.7	-9.9 pts
5	Eden Prairie, MN	71.9	+5.3 pts
6	Edina, MN	67.7	+2.4 pts
7	Chanhassen, MN	67.2	-0.4 pts
8	St. Louis Park, MN	66.4	-5.6 pts
9	Plymouth, MN	64.3	+1.7 pts
10	Mendota Heights, MN	62.4	+1.7 pts
11	Fergus Falls, MN	62.1	+22.4 pts
12	New Ulm, MN	61.8	-8.1 pts
13	Richfield, MN	61.5	+14.8 pts
14	Detroit Lakes, MN	59.5	+4.8 pts
15	Cambridge, MN	58.6	-1.1 pts
16	Chaska, MN	57.1	-6.6 pts
17	Otsego, MN	57	+4.5 pts
18	Hutchinson, MN	57	-2.3 pts
19	Champlin, MN	56.8	+9.2 pts
20	Duluth, MN	55.5	+4.2 pts
21	Bloomington, MN	55.3	-2.5 pts
22	Robbinsdale, MN	55.2	+6.4 pts
23	Golden Valley, MN	54.4	-7.9 pts
24	St. Peter, MN	53.2	-2.7 pts
25	Cloquet, MN	51.9	-1.8 pts
26	Sartell, MN	51.4	+2.8 pts
27	Lakeville, MN	51.4	+0.8 pts
28	Minneapolis, MN	51	-2.1 pts
29	New Brighton, MN	50.8	-2.4 pts
30	Austin, MN	50.5	-4.2 pts
31	Burnsville, MN	50.3	+4.4 pts
32	Marshall, MN	49.9	-14.6 pts
33	Brainerd, MN	49.2	-7.7 pts
34	Prior Lake, MN	49.1	-2.1 pts
35	Stillwater, MN	49.1	-8.4 pts
36	Roseville, MN	48.8	-2.9 pts
37	Eagan, MN	48	+10.2 pts
38	Lino Lakes, MN	47.8	+3.3 pts
39	Faribault, MN	47.7	+2.3 pts
40	Maple Grove, MN	47.4	+2.5 pts
41	Willmar, MN	47.4	-8.6 pts
42	Minnetonka, MN	47.3	-0.6 pts
43	Moorhead, MN	46.9	+3.3 pts
44	Crystal, MN	46.8	-4 pts
45	Albert Lea, MN	46.7	-2 pts
46	Owatonna, MN	46.3	-3.7 pts
47	East Bethel, MN	46.2	+3.3 pts
48	Blaine, MN	46.2	-0.6 pts
48	Inver Grove Heights, MN	46.2	+0.3 pts
50	Mounds View, MN	45.4	+8.8 pts
51	Mankato, MN	45	-3.3 pts
52	Rosemount, MN	44.8	-2.3 pts
53	New Hope, MN	44.6	-0.8 pts
54	Winona, MN	44.4	-12.4 pts
55	Ham Lake, MN	43.4	+4.3 pts
56	North Mankato, MN	43.3	+3 pts
57	Shakopee, MN	42.8	-8.5 pts
58	Brooklyn Park, MN	42.1	+1.8 pts
59	Fridley, MN	42	-6.2 pts
60	Rochester, MN	41.7	-4.8 pts
61	Apple Valley, MN	41.6	-2.1 pts
62	Bemidji, MN	41.4	-7.4 pts
63	Brooklyn Center, MN	41.3	+4.4 pts
64	West St. Paul, MN	40.3	-3.4 pts
65	Hugo, MN	40	+6 pts
66	Cottage Grove, MN	39.8	+1.2 pts
67	Red Wing, MN	39.6	-0.4 pts
68	Shoreview, MN	39.4	-1.6 pts
69	St. Paul, MN	39.1	+1.5 pts
70	Woodbury, MN	38.8	-7.3 pts
71	North St. Paul, MN	37.8	+5.4 pts
72	Ramsey, MN	37.1	-2.1 pts
73	Andover, MN	36.9	-0.7 pts
74	St. Michael, MN	36.9	-3.5 pts
75	Forest Lake, MN	36.3	-11 pts
76	Sauk Rapids, MN	34.9	-0.9 pts
77	Farmington, MN	34.7	-9.9 pts
78	Hopkins, MN	34.1	-3.8 pts
79	Oakdale, MN	33.9	-2.4 pts
80	Maplewood, MN	33.1	-7.5 pts
81	White Bear Lake, MN	33	-1.5 pts
82	Hibbing, MN	32.7	-5.9 pts
83	Waconia, MN	32.7	-9.7 pts
84	Alexandria, MN	32.1	+5.6 pts
85	Worthington, MN	31.3	-16.4 pts
86	Coon Rapids, MN	30.3	+0.1 pts
87	Hastings, MN	30	-12.1 pts
88	South St. Paul, MN	28.6	-15.6 pts
89	Savage, MN	28.3	-9.2 pts
90	Columbia Heights, MN	28.1	-11.3 pts
91	St. Cloud, MN	27.1	-6.6 pts
92	Dayton, MN	27	-16.8 pts
93	Big Lake, MN	26.3	-3.8 pts
94	Rogers, MN	25.5	+2.5 pts
95	North Branch, MN	25	+0.6 pts
96	Hermantown, MN	23.5	+4.4 pts
97	Buffalo, MN	23.5	+4.5 pts
98	Monticello, MN	23.4	-12.4 pts
99	Fairmont, MN	23.3	+6.8 pts
100	Anoka, MN	23.2	-6.4 pts
101	Little Canada, MN	19.4	-5.5 pts
102	Elk River, MN	15.3	-4.2 pts
103	Grand Rapids, MN	11	-8.8 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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/minnesota-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 Minnesota 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/minnesota-cities?period=2023.

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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, 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/minnesota-cities?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b14003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/minnesota-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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Northfield, MN, with 78.1% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Grand Rapids, MN, with 11% in 2023.

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