Cities in New York by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4

Rye, NY had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 90 cities in 2021, at 100%. Tonawanda, NY had the lowest, at 10.7%. The median was 58.2% and the figure for New York was 57.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest100Rye, NY
Lowest10.7Tonawanda, NY
Median58.290 cities
New York57.7History

Top 40 cities, 2021

Rye, NY: 100 %Rye, NY100Ithaca, NY: 98.6 %Ithaca, NY98.6New Square, NY: 93.6 %New Square, NY93.6Chestnut Ridge, NY: 91.7 %Chestnut Ridge, NY91.7Suffern, NY: 90 %Suffern, NY90Massapequa Park, NY: 88.5 %Massapequa Park, NY88.5Airmont, NY: 87.5 %Airmont, NY87.5Kiryas Joel, NY: 85.7 %Kiryas Joel, NY85.7Garden City, NY: 83.6 %Garden City, NY83.6Rockville Centre, NY: 81.3 %Rockville Centre, NY81.3Scarsdale, NY: 80.9 %Scarsdale, NY80.9Great Neck, NY: 79.7 %Great Neck, NY79.7Kenmore, NY: 79 %Kenmore, NY79Westbury, NY: 78.7 %Westbury, NY78.7Oneida, NY: 77.1 %Oneida, NY77.1Floral Park, NY: 75.1 %Floral Park, NY75.1White Plains, NY: 74.4 %White Plains, NY74.4Babylon, NY: 74.4 %Babylon, NY74.4Oneonta, NY: 73.3 %Oneonta, NY73.3Batavia, NY: 73.1 %Batavia, NY73.1Auburn, NY: 73 %Auburn, NY73New Rochelle, NY: 73 %New Rochelle, NY73Mineola, NY: 72 %Mineola, NY72West Haverstraw, NY: 70.2 %West Haverstraw, NY70.2Cohoes, NY: 69.6 %Cohoes, NY69.6Harrison, NY: 69.5 %Harrison, NY69.5Lindenhurst, NY: 68.6 %Lindenhurst, NY68.6Yonkers, NY: 68 %Yonkers, NY68Patchogue, NY: 66.6 %Patchogue, NY66.6Oswego, NY: 66.3 %Oswego, NY66.3Dunkirk, NY: 66.1 %Dunkirk, NY66.1Niagara Falls, NY: 66.1 %Niagara Falls, NY66.1Elmira, NY: 65.9 %Elmira, NY65.9Geneva, NY: 65.2 %Geneva, NY65.2Poughkeepsie, NY: 65.1 %Poughkeepsie, NY65.1Mamaroneck, NY: 64.9 %Mamaroneck, NY64.9Port Chester, NY: 64.2 %Port Chester, NY64.2Watervliet, NY: 63.6 %Watervliet, NY63.6Lynbrook, NY: 62.2 %Lynbrook, NY62.2New York, NY: 62.1 %New York, NY62.1Rye, NY: 100 %Rye, NY100Ithaca, NY: 98.6 %Ithaca, NY98.6New Square, NY: 93.6 %New Square, NY93.6Chestnut Ridge, NY: 91.7 %Chestnut Ridge, NY91.7Suffern, NY: 90 %Suffern, NY90Massapequa Park, NY: 88.5 %Massapequa Park, NY88.5Airmont, NY: 87.5 %Airmont, NY87.5Kiryas Joel, NY: 85.7 %Kiryas Joel, NY85.7Garden City, NY: 83.6 %Garden City, NY83.6Rockville Centre, NY: 81.3 %Rockville Centre, NY81.3Scarsdale, NY: 80.9 %Scarsdale, NY80.9Great Neck, NY: 79.7 %Great Neck, NY79.7Kenmore, NY: 79 %Kenmore, NY79Westbury, NY: 78.7 %Westbury, NY78.7Oneida, NY: 77.1 %Oneida, NY77.1Floral Park, NY: 75.1 %Floral Park, NY75.1White Plains, NY: 74.4 %White Plains, NY74.4Babylon, NY: 74.4 %Babylon, NY74.4Oneonta, NY: 73.3 %Oneonta, NY73.3Batavia, NY: 73.1 %Batavia, NY73.1Auburn, NY: 73 %Auburn, NY73New Rochelle, NY: 73 %New Rochelle, NY73Mineola, NY: 72 %Mineola, NY72West Haverstraw, NY: 70.2 %West Haverstraw, NY70.2Cohoes, NY: 69.6 %Cohoes, NY69.6Harrison, NY: 69.5 %Harrison, NY69.5Lindenhurst, NY: 68.6 %Lindenhurst, NY68.6Yonkers, NY: 68 %Yonkers, NY68Patchogue, NY: 66.6 %Patchogue, NY66.6Oswego, NY: 66.3 %Oswego, NY66.3Dunkirk, NY: 66.1 %Dunkirk, NY66.1Niagara Falls, NY: 66.1 %Niagara Falls, NY66.1Elmira, NY: 65.9 %Elmira, NY65.9Geneva, NY: 65.2 %Geneva, NY65.2Poughkeepsie, NY: 65.1 %Poughkeepsie, NY65.1Mamaroneck, NY: 64.9 %Mamaroneck, NY64.9Port Chester, NY: 64.2 %Port Chester, NY64.2Watervliet, NY: 63.6 %Watervliet, NY63.6Lynbrook, NY: 62.2 %Lynbrook, NY62.2New York, NY: 62.1 %New York, NY62.1
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021 (%)
1Rye, NY100
2Ithaca, NY98.6
3New Square, NY93.6
4Chestnut Ridge, NY91.7
5Suffern, NY90
6Massapequa Park, NY88.5
7Airmont, NY87.5
8Kiryas Joel, NY85.7
9Garden City, NY83.6
10Rockville Centre, NY81.3
11Scarsdale, NY80.9
12Great Neck, NY79.7
13Kenmore, NY79
14Westbury, NY78.7
15Oneida, NY77.1
16Floral Park, NY75.1
17White Plains, NY74.4
18Babylon, NY74.4
19Oneonta, NY73.3
20Batavia, NY73.1
21Auburn, NY73
21New Rochelle, NY73
23Mineola, NY72
24West Haverstraw, NY70.2
25Cohoes, NY69.6
26Harrison, NY69.5
27Lindenhurst, NY68.6
28Yonkers, NY68
29Patchogue, NY66.6
30Oswego, NY66.3
31Dunkirk, NY66.1
32Niagara Falls, NY66.1
33Elmira, NY65.9
34Geneva, NY65.2
35Poughkeepsie, NY65.1
36Mamaroneck, NY64.9
37Port Chester, NY64.2
38Watervliet, NY63.6
39Lynbrook, NY62.2
40New York, NY62.1
41New Hyde Park, NY62.1
42East Rockaway, NY61.5
43Watertown, NY59.7
44Dobbs Ferry, NY58.4
45Albany, NY58.2
46Canandaigua, NY58.2
46Spring Valley, NY58.2
48Long Beach, NY58.2
49Plattsburgh, NY57.1
50Amsterdam, NY56.8
51Cortland, NY55.2
52Syracuse, NY54.5
53Olean, NY52.9
54Lackawanna, NY52.2
55Glen Cove, NY51.8
56Haverstraw, NY50.7
57Sleepy Hollow, NY50.6
58Mount Vernon, NY48.3
59Binghamton, NY48
60Rochester, NY47.9
60Saratoga Springs, NY47.9
62Lake Grove, NY47.3
63Johnson City, NY47
64Troy, NY46.5
65Valley Stream, NY46.4
66Depew, NY46.2
67Buffalo, NY45.5
68Hempstead, NY45.4
69Middletown, NY44.9
70Jamestown, NY44.4
71Rome, NY42.9
72North Tonawanda, NY41.6
73Tarrytown, NY41
74Glens Falls, NY41
75Freeport, NY40.5
76Woodbury, NY38.8
77Kingston, NY37.8
78Beacon, NY36.3
79Gloversville, NY35.8
80Mount Kisco, NY35.3
81Fulton, NY33.4
82Utica, NY33.3
83Ossining, NY32.4
84Schenectady, NY32.4
85Peekskill, NY27.6
86Lockport, NY27.3
87Newburgh, NY26.6
88Endicott, NY26.2
89Corning, NY22.3
90Tonawanda, NY10.7

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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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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 New York by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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 New York by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b14003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/new-york-cities?period=2021. 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 New York by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b14003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/new-york-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Rye, NY, with 100% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Tonawanda, NY, with 10.7% in 2021.

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