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

All 19 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- 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/new-mexico-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Carlsbad, NM | 63.9 |
| 2 | Gallup, NM | 59.7 |
| 3 | Santa Fe, NM | 58.1 |
| 4 | Los Lunas, NM | 50.6 |
| 5 | Roswell, NM | 48.5 |
| 6 | Española, NM | 47 |
| 7 | Las Cruces, NM | 43 |
| 8 | Las Vegas, NM | 42.4 |
| 9 | Farmington, NM | 41.3 |
| 10 | Sunland Park, NM | 41.2 |
| 11 | Albuquerque, NM | 38.7 |
| 12 | Portales, NM | 36.5 |
| 13 | Rio Rancho, NM | 36.2 |
| 14 | Deming, NM | 33.4 |
| 15 | Hobbs, NM | 32.1 |
| 16 | Artesia, NM | 31.7 |
| 17 | Clovis, NM | 28.9 |
| 18 | Alamogordo, NM | 19.6 |
| 19 | Lovington, NM | 11.3 |