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

All 40 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable. 1 cities have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `preschool_enrolment_rate_3_4`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/mississippi-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Greenwood, MS | 100 |
| 2 | Clinton, MS | 83.6 |
| 3 | Greenville, MS | 83.1 |
| 4 | Ocean Springs, MS | 76.4 |
| 5 | Long Beach, MS | 76.1 |
| 6 | Madison, MS | 75.6 |
| 7 | Picayune, MS | 74.1 |
| 8 | Jackson, MS | 71.2 |
| 9 | Laurel, MS | 71 |
| 10 | Brandon, MS | 70.4 |
| 11 | Vicksburg, MS | 67.4 |
| 12 | Flowood, MS | 64.9 |
| 13 | Columbus, MS | 62.7 |
| 14 | Hattiesburg, MS | 61.5 |
| 15 | Horn Lake, MS | 61 |
| 16 | Gautier, MS | 59.5 |
| 17 | Tupelo, MS | 57.9 |
| 18 | Oxford, MS | 54.5 |
| 19 | Corinth, MS | 51.4 |
| 20 | Cleveland, MS | 50.1 |
| 21 | Olive Branch, MS | 49.7 |
| 22 | Gulfport, MS | 48.4 |
| 23 | Canton, MS | 48.3 |
| 23 | Meridian, MS | 48.3 |
| 25 | Pascagoula, MS | 46.4 |
| 26 | Hernando, MS | 44.1 |
| 27 | Natchez, MS | 43.6 |
| 28 | Petal, MS | 42 |
| 29 | Ridgeland, MS | 41.1 |
| 30 | Byram, MS | 41.1 |
| 31 | Southaven, MS | 40.6 |
| 32 | Brookhaven, MS | 35.6 |
| 33 | Starkville, MS | 35.5 |
| 34 | Grenada, MS | 32.3 |
| 35 | Pearl, MS | 31.4 |
| 36 | Clarksdale, MS | 29.6 |
| 37 | Moss Point, MS | 28.1 |
| 38 | Biloxi, MS | 24.7 |
| 39 | D'Iberville, MS | 19.8 |
| 40 | McComb, MS | 0 |