US cities by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4

Bay St. Louis, MS had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 3213 cities in 2023, at 100%. West Carrollton, OH had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 45.2% and the figure for the United States was 45.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest100Bay St. Louis, MS

Lowest0West Carrollton, OH

Median45.23213 cities

United States45.6History

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	Bay St. Louis, MS	100	0 pts
1	Bedford Heights, OH	100	n/a
1	Cocoa Beach, FL	100	0 pts
1	Elon, NC	100	0 pts
1	Groton, CT	100	+23.3 pts
1	Gulfport, FL	100	0 pts
1	Signal Hill, CA	100	+13 pts
1	Watervliet, NY	100	+21.8 pts
1	Waynesville, NC	100	0 pts
1	Westwood, NJ	100	+5.3 pts
1	Wilton Manors, FL	100	+9.7 pts
12	Maitland, FL	99.6	+2.6 pts
13	Goodlettsville, TN	98.1	+20.5 pts
14	Woodinville, WA	97.8	+0.8 pts
15	Steamboat Springs, CO	97.7	+23.6 pts
16	Kinnelon, NJ	96.3	-3.7 pts
17	Coral Gables, FL	96.2	+2.6 pts
18	New Square, NY	96.1	-1.1 pts
19	Hazel Crest, IL	96	-4 pts
20	Suffern, NY	95.9	+6.2 pts
21	Town and Country, MO	95.5	+2.1 pts
22	Covington, LA	94.7	+15.3 pts
23	Boone, NC	94.6	+17.8 pts
24	Lansing, KS	94.4	+25.1 pts
25	Clayton, MO	94.1	+3.6 pts
26	Rolesville, NC	94.1	+23.1 pts
27	Florham Park, NJ	93.7	+16.1 pts
28	Burlington, NJ	93.1	+17.9 pts
29	Essex Junction, VT	92.9	-0.5 pts
30	Pingree Grove, IL	92.9	+34.2 pts
31	Beachwood, OH	92.5	+0.8 pts
32	Atlantic Beach, FL	92.5	+4.9 pts
33	Airmont, NY	92.2	+2.1 pts
34	Rye, NY	92	+4.6 pts
35	Mason, OH	91.8	-4.2 pts
36	Pinecrest, FL	91.6	+2.8 pts
37	Chestnut Ridge, NY	91.4	-0.3 pts
38	Miami Shores, FL	91.3	-2.6 pts
39	Mountain Brook, AL	91.1	+5.4 pts
40	Deerfield, IL	91	-1.6 pts
41	Garden City, NY	90.5	+8.5 pts
42	Mill Valley, CA	90.4	+0.5 pts
43	Asbury Park, NJ	90.2	+39.7 pts
44	Greenwood, MS	89.9	+28.2 pts
45	Pineville, NC	89.7	+3.8 pts
46	Williamsburg, VA	89.7	+0.6 pts
47	Winnetka, IL	89.6	-6.3 pts
48	West University Place, TX	89.5	+0.6 pts
49	Reading, OH	89.3	+35.7 pts
50	Jacksonville Beach, FL	89	+0.1 pts
51	University Park, TX	88.9	+9.2 pts
52	Chatham, NJ	88.6	+6 pts
53	Keene, NH	88.4	+10.1 pts
54	Ramsey, NJ	88.2	-2.2 pts
55	Hoboken, NJ	88.2	+1.6 pts
56	Sierra Madre, CA	88.1	-5 pts
57	Wood-Ridge, NJ	87.8	+1.2 pts
58	Colleyville, TX	87.7	+5.4 pts
59	Middletown, CT	87.6	+3.3 pts
60	Kiryas Joel, NY	87.5	+2.1 pts
61	River Forest, IL	87.5	-3.9 pts
62	Ashland, OR	87.5	+5.5 pts
63	Rutherford, NJ	87.4	-4.1 pts
64	Aventura, FL	87.2	+4.3 pts
65	Bellaire, TX	87.2	+1.7 pts
66	Matteson, IL	87.1	+4 pts
67	Ridgefield Park, NJ	87	+6.2 pts
68	Woodbury, NJ	86.7	-1 pts
69	Burr Ridge, IL	86.7	+29 pts
70	Troy, IL	86.7	+0.8 pts
71	Montgomery, OH	86.7	+11.3 pts
72	Babylon, NY	86.3	-8.1 pts
73	Ithaca, NY	86.3	-1.8 pts
74	Scarsdale, NY	86.2	+1.5 pts
75	Bainbridge Island, WA	85.9	+0.9 pts
76	Beverly Hills, CA	85.8	+2.3 pts
77	Northampton, MA	85.8	+6.4 pts
78	Greenville, MS	85.6	+14.2 pts
79	San Marino, CA	85.5	-2.1 pts
80	Monument, CO	85.3	+0.6 pts
81	Grover Beach, CA	85.3	+10.9 pts
82	Taylorville, IL	85.1	+12.2 pts
83	Somersworth, NH	84.7	+9.7 pts
84	Country Club Hills, IL	84.7	+8.5 pts
85	Summit, NJ	84.4	+0.9 pts
86	Maywood, NJ	84.3	+13.6 pts
87	Western Springs, IL	84.2	+14.6 pts
88	Canton, IL	84.2	+3.1 pts
89	Burlingame, CA	84	+1.1 pts
89	West Chester, PA	84	-1 pts
91	Trophy Club, TX	84	+8 pts
92	Kearney, MO	84	+42.7 pts
93	Massapequa Park, NY	83.8	-3.2 pts
94	Falls Church, VA	83.7	-9 pts
94	Rochester, MI	83.7	+15.8 pts
96	Tarboro, NC	83.5	+7.3 pts
97	Clinton, MS	83.4	-1.9 pts
98	Kirkwood, MO	83.4	+6.9 pts
99	Rockport, TX	83.4	+3.9 pts
100	Laguna Beach, CA	83.3	+3.7 pts
101	Lexington, SC	83.3	+2.1 pts
102	Piedmont, CA	83.2	-1 pts
103	Brookhaven, GA	83.1	+9 pts
104	Cedarburg, WI	82.6	+12.7 pts
105	Culver City, CA	82.5	-0 pts
106	Lawrenceburg, KY	82.4	+24.1 pts
107	Davidson, NC	82.3	-5.5 pts
108	Artesia, CA	82.3	+18.5 pts
109	Clayton, CA	82.3	+4.4 pts
110	Wilmette, IL	82.1	+5.4 pts
111	Lafayette, CA	82	-4.7 pts
112	Fairfax, VA	81.8	+2.4 pts
113	Homewood, AL	81.7	+0.9 pts
114	La Cañada Flintridge, CA	81.6	+0.3 pts
115	La Grange Park, IL	81.5	-8.4 pts
116	Agoura Hills, CA	81.4	+7.3 pts
117	Taylor, TX	81.4	+5.3 pts
118	Sulphur, LA	81.4	+8.5 pts
119	Uvalde, TX	81.2	+16.9 pts
120	Wildwood, MO	81.1	+7 pts
121	Newburyport, MA	81.1	+3.9 pts
122	Liberty Lake, WA	80.9	+7.8 pts
123	Somers Point, NJ	80.9	+9.3 pts
124	Vernon Hills, IL	80.8	-4.1 pts
125	El Campo, TX	80.8	+49.2 pts
126	Libertyville, IL	80.7	-2.5 pts
127	North Miami Beach, FL	80.7	+9.6 pts
127	Wanaque, NJ	80.7	+7 pts
129	Bourbonnais, IL	80.6	+19.1 pts
130	Bardstown, KY	80.6	-0.8 pts
131	Franklin Lakes, NJ	80.5	+11.4 pts
132	Eatontown, NJ	80.4	-3.5 pts
133	Fernandina Beach, FL	80.3	-11.2 pts
134	Webster Groves, MO	80	+0.6 pts
135	Eureka, MO	80	-2.4 pts
136	Great Neck, NY	79.9	+10.5 pts
137	River Edge, NJ	79.7	-0.9 pts
138	San Elizario, TX	79.5	-6.3 pts
139	Jefferson Hills, PA	79.5	+11.6 pts
139	Worthington, OH	79.5	+10.5 pts
141	South Amboy, NJ	79.4	+12.1 pts
142	Boulder, CO	79.3	-5.6 pts
143	Middleton, WI	79.1	+4.6 pts
144	Hinsdale, IL	79.1	+0.3 pts
145	Madison, MS	79.1	+3.7 pts
146	Wixom, MI	79	+1.9 pts
147	Oak Park, MI	78.9	+3.1 pts
148	Metuchen, NJ	78.9	-1.3 pts
149	Key West, FL	78.9	+12.7 pts
150	Pontiac, IL	78.8	+22 pts
151	Collingswood, NJ	78.8	+0.5 pts
152	Hawthorne, NJ	78.7	-3.8 pts
153	Santa Monica, CA	78.5	+1.6 pts
154	Burlington, VT	78.5	-0.1 pts
155	Bergenfield, NJ	78.4	-2.9 pts
155	Paramus, NJ	78.4	-15.9 pts
157	Blacksburg, VA	78.2	+11.8 pts
157	Creve Coeur, MO	78.2	+1.1 pts
159	Lovejoy, GA	78.1	-18 pts
160	Manchester, TN	78.1	+8 pts
161	Northfield, MN	78.1	-0.3 pts
162	Fort Lupton, CO	78.1	+9.8 pts
162	Rockville Centre, NY	78.1	0 pts
164	Forest Acres, SC	78.1	+14.4 pts
165	Hewitt, TX	78	-5.3 pts
165	Winterville, NC	78	-6.2 pts
167	Victoria, MN	78	+4.1 pts
168	Horizon City, TX	78	+39 pts
169	Menlo Park, CA	77.9	+6.7 pts
170	Shorewood, WI	77.9	-5.9 pts
171	Amherst Town, MA	77.9	-3 pts
172	Cutler Bay, FL	77.8	-5.2 pts
173	Clemson, SC	77.8	+24.8 pts
173	Robstown, TX	77.8	-3.1 pts
175	Manor, TX	77.7	+9.8 pts
176	Long Beach, MS	77.7	+5.7 pts
177	Englewood, CO	77.7	+0.6 pts
177	Lake Grove, NY	77.7	+23.5 pts
179	Muscle Shoals, AL	77.6	+15 pts
180	Lansdale, PA	77.5	+13.3 pts
181	Winter Park, FL	77.5	+14.3 pts
182	Midlothian, IL	77.4	+14.3 pts
183	Shiloh, IL	77.2	-4 pts
184	Solana Beach, CA	77.1	-11.8 pts
185	Winter Springs, FL	77.1	-11.8 pts
186	Rock Springs, WY	77.1	+3.9 pts
187	Roselle, IL	77.1	+0.2 pts
188	Greenwood Village, CO	77	+18.5 pts
189	Lafayette, CO	77	+3.4 pts
190	Edgewater, NJ	77	+11 pts
191	Guttenberg, NJ	76.8	+5.6 pts
192	Peachtree City, GA	76.8	-3.7 pts
193	El Cerrito, CA	76.5	+1.5 pts
194	Frankfort, IL	76.4	-0.8 pts
195	Somerville, NJ	76.3	-2.7 pts
196	Ridgewood, NJ	76.2	-14.8 pts
197	Tega Cay, SC	76.2	+2.4 pts
198	Cleveland, MS	76.2	+8 pts
199	Farmington, MI	75.9	+13.9 pts
200	Orinda, CA	75.9	-5.9 pts
200	Perth Amboy, NJ	75.9	+3.4 pts
202	Lantana, FL	75.8	-5.4 pts
203	Braselton, GA	75.8	+15.4 pts
204	Dumont, NJ	75.7	-4.3 pts
205	Louisville, CO	75.7	+5.8 pts
206	Pacific Grove, CA	75.6	+3.7 pts
207	Rahway, NJ	75.6	+14.4 pts
208	Vadnais Heights, MN	75.5	+0.3 pts
209	Crestwood, MO	75.5	+1.6 pts
210	Albany, CA	75.2	+0.2 pts
211	Norwalk, CT	75.1	+1.2 pts
212	Festus, MO	75.1	+10.8 pts
213	Jersey City, NJ	75	-0.8 pts
214	Placerville, CA	75	+14.4 pts
215	Providence Village, TX	74.8	+4.5 pts
216	Brookhaven, MS	74.7	+1.4 pts
217	Rincon, GA	74.6	-2.2 pts
218	Beverly Hills, MI	74.6	-3.8 pts
219	Cedar Park, TX	74.6	+10.2 pts
220	Clermont, FL	74.5	-9.4 pts
221	Hermosa Beach, CA	74.5	-3.3 pts
222	Scottsbluff, NE	74.5	+13.6 pts
223	Fort Morgan, CO	74.4	+7.2 pts
224	South Burlington, VT	74.4	-3.4 pts
225	Weymouth Town, MA	74.4	-5.2 pts
226	Richmond Hill, GA	74.3	+14.1 pts
227	Pacifica, CA	74.3	+5 pts
228	Crowley, LA	74.3	+13.9 pts
229	Fair Lawn, NJ	74.3	+10.3 pts
230	Heber, UT	74.2	+2.1 pts
231	Dania Beach, FL	74.2	+5.5 pts
232	Shelton, CT	74.2	-0.5 pts
233	Martinez, CA	74.1	+0.5 pts
234	Arcata, CA	74.1	+6.7 pts
235	Cambridge, MA	74.1	-5.1 pts
236	Guymon, OK	74	+20.1 pts
237	Marinette, WI	74	+12.3 pts
238	Woodstock, GA	73.9	+3.6 pts
239	Edwardsville, IL	73.9	+0.6 pts
240	Bay Village, OH	73.8	-4 pts
240	Warrensburg, MO	73.8	+12.1 pts
242	Germantown, TN	73.8	-0.3 pts
243	Sebastian, FL	73.8	+8.7 pts
244	Spanish Fort, AL	73.6	+15.4 pts
245	Redondo Beach, CA	73.6	+0.3 pts
246	North Palm Beach, FL	73.5	-14.5 pts
247	Estero, FL	73.4	-4.1 pts
248	Northglenn, CO	73.4	+13 pts
249	Marathon, FL	73.3	+8 pts
250	Woodstock, IL	73.2	+7.6 pts

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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. 5 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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/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) (US cities 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), US cities 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/us-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). US cities 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/us-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), US cities 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/us-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{census_us_cities_by_school_2023,
  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): US cities 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/us-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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Which city has the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4?

Bay St. Louis, MS, with 100% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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West Carrollton, OH, with 0% in 2023.

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