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

Falls Church, VA had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 39 cities in 2022, at 92.7%. Manassas, VA had the lowest, at 23.5%. The median was 42.6% and the figure for Virginia was 45.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest92.7Falls Church, VA

Lowest23.5Manassas, VA

Median42.639 cities

Virginia45.8History

All cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Falls Church, VA	92.7	-0.2 pts
2	Williamsburg, VA	89	+9.5 pts
3	Fairfax, VA	79.4	+12.9 pts
4	Blacksburg, VA	66.4	+2.8 pts
5	Charlottesville, VA	65.5	+0.4 pts
6	Vienna, VA	64.4	+0.3 pts
7	Warrenton, VA	55.4	+2.7 pts
8	Virginia Beach, VA	54.2	+0.3 pts
9	Alexandria, VA	53.6	+2.7 pts
10	Hampton, VA	53.5	-2.5 pts
11	Harrisonburg, VA	52.6	-4.1 pts
12	Culpeper, VA	50	-9.3 pts
13	Danville, VA	49.5	+0.1 pts
14	Richmond, VA	49.3	+2 pts
15	Poquoson, VA	47.7	+12.2 pts
16	Front Royal, VA	46.4	+1.2 pts
17	Manassas Park, VA	45.4	-0.6 pts
18	Lynchburg, VA	44.5	-8.5 pts
19	Norfolk, VA	43.4	-3.5 pts
20	Hopewell, VA	42.6	+5.5 pts
21	Staunton, VA	41.8	+11 pts
22	Newport News, VA	41.6	-5.1 pts
23	Winchester, VA	41.6	+5.2 pts
24	Salem, VA	40.7	-9.3 pts
25	Chesapeake, VA	40.5	-3.8 pts
26	Christiansburg, VA	39.9	-3.4 pts
27	Colonial Heights, VA	39.3	+7.8 pts
28	Bristol, VA	39.1	+7 pts
29	Waynesboro, VA	38.2	+5 pts
30	Roanoke, VA	38.1	-3 pts
31	Suffolk, VA	37.8	-6.3 pts
32	Petersburg, VA	36.8	+7.4 pts
33	Herndon, VA	36.3	-0.6 pts
34	Portsmouth, VA	35.6	-1 pts
35	Leesburg, VA	34.4	-2.6 pts
36	Radford, VA	26.4	-2.5 pts
37	Martinsville, VA	24	-6.2 pts
38	Fredericksburg, VA	23.7	-21.7 pts
39	Manassas, VA	23.5	-5.5 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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 Virginia by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat

MLA 9

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 Virginia by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/virginia-cities?period=2022. 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 Virginia by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/virginia-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

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 Virginia by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/virginia-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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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 Virginia by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/virginia-cities?period=2022. 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which city has the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4?

Falls Church, VA, with 92.7% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4?

Manassas, VA, with 23.5% in 2022.

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