Year

Rank

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% of population ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

U.S. Average

North Carolina

PreK Enrollment

Percentage of population ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

What does this mean?

PreK Enrollment represents the percent of North Carolina children ages 3 and 4 enrolled in preschool.

Why does this matter?

Preschool education can provide substantial gains in learning, development, and achievement for North Carolina’s future workforce.

NC Education Index

North Carolina Ranking

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* Source: US Census Bureau

For more information related to education trends and metrics within the state of North Carolina, please visit our partner: myFutureNC.

PreK Enrollment

State	2010-01	2011-01	2012-01	2013-01	2014-01	2015-01	2016-01	2017-01	2018-01	2019-01
Alabama	51.00	43.40	41.70	43.70	40.30	44.30	43.00	42.80	44.10	43.70
Alaska	44.80	36.60	38.50	41.20	37.50	35.40	35.80	36.70	41.00	44.00
Arizona	36.30	34.80	33.10	36.60	36.30	37.30	39.60	39.70	37.40	40.70
Arkansas	34.70	45.20	47.60	45.80	47.30	49.60	51.00	45.30	48.70	48.30
California	50.00	48.70	48.80	47.20	47.80	48.90	48.50	49.90	48.90	50.30
Colorado	49.80	49.70	48.70	49.90	53.50	51.90	48.90	49.50	50.90	52.30
Connecticut	62.10	61.30	68.60	63.40	64.60	64.00	65.80	65.00	67.00	65.90
Delaware	54.90	48.20	49.40	43.40	50.70	46.80	50.50	50.90	47.50	54.10
District of Columbia	73.90	74.60	78.40	78.50	86.40	74.60	77.70	73.20	78.10	85.60
Florida	50.30	50.80	50.30	49.60	50.00	51.10	50.50	51.10	52.40	53.10
Georgia	49.70	48.60	49.70	50.00	49.00	50.90	48.00	49.90	49.20	51.90
Hawaii	58.30	51.30	52.50	50.40	49.90	45.10	46.50	45.90	48.90	55.20
Idaho	42.60	32.70	32.80	31.00	30.30	30.40	33.80	39.60	35.10	32.90
Illinois	53.70	54.30	53.70	52.50	54.50	55.20	57.40	53.50	55.50	56.00
Indiana	42.10	41.70	40.00	37.50	42.20	39.00	42.60	41.60	40.60	39.80
Iowa	38.80	47.80	48.60	47.20	49.70	47.90	48.10	46.90	44.80	46.00
Kansas	47.30	43.50	46.10	42.50	44.50	44.80	45.50	49.50	47.10	47.90
Kentucky	48.70	42.40	45.70	41.70	39.10	39.80	45.00	39.50	43.80	37.80
Louisiana	52.00	50.80	52.20	49.60	50.60	50.30	52.60	52.70	51.00	50.80
Maine	45.60	41.70	43.30	43.30	49.00	35.20	47.30	45.30	46.50	45.80
Maryland	53.00	50.50	49.20	47.20	50.60	51.80	47.70	50.30	47.60	48.90
Massachusetts	57.40	60.50	58.70	58.30	58.70	59.00	59.70	58.20	61.30	60.30
Michigan	44.80	49.00	49.30	44.70	46.50	46.30	48.30	48.20	45.80	47.10
Minnesota	45.40	46.30	47.20	44.20	43.60	44.50	46.20	47.70	50.60	47.10
Mississippi	51.40	54.70	50.40	47.70	50.30	52.10	54.00	52.50	49.10	60.40
Missouri	44.00	47.30	42.10	45.20	43.10	44.90	44.90	46.10	46.30	45.70
Montana	40.50	43.50	37.50	36.10	41.90	42.00	44.00	41.10	44.00	35.50
Nebraska	49.60	47.70	47.40	41.60	40.00	41.60	42.80	46.60	45.40	44.20
Nevada	33.50	31.60	30.70	32.90	34.00	34.30	39.80	37.30	37.40	39.10
New Hampshire	51.30	53.70	53.90	56.70	47.40	54.70	48.40	45.80	57.20	58.20
New Jersey	63.20	62.10	65.30	61.20	64.50	64.60	63.10	64.20	64.40	67.80
New Mexico	36.50	38.60	40.80	39.80	41.40	46.10	41.90	43.40	46.00	46.10
New York	57.40	57.80	58.60	56.30	58.00	57.60	58.40	58.80	60.10	59.30
North Carolina	41.80	42.70	42.50	42.80	43.30	42.10	42.10	40.70	45.50	45.00
North Dakota	34.40	39.00	39.90	38.50	32.50	36.00	28.60	29.40	37.20	28.50
Ohio	43.80	46.50	44.80	46.00	44.00	44.90	44.60	45.10	43.80	47.70
Oklahoma	44.60	42.20	43.10	41.60	43.00	45.50	41.30	44.60	42.10	43.70
Oregon	41.00	37.70	43.40	40.90	41.60	45.40	45.90	46.30	47.40	43.90
Pennsylvania	50.10	48.50	49.50	46.30	45.20	46.10	48.50	47.90	47.60	45.30
Rhode Island	42.80	50.50	59.80	43.30	48.40	44.60	67.40	59.20	63.20	49.40
South Carolina	50.50	46.20	51.00	42.00	46.00	45.80	50.40	45.80	39.20	43.80
South Dakota	37.70	38.50	44.90	34.80	44.80	35.80	49.30	46.50	44.60	43.00
Tennessee	41.00	39.40	35.60	39.60	38.90	37.50	37.10	39.20	44.70	40.90
Texas	42.60	41.60	40.80	40.80	41.50	43.40	40.10	39.60	38.50	44.00
Utah	47.00	50.30	40.60	44.30	54.70	46.70	41.80	43.00	43.70	44.80
Vermont	48.90	49.10	53.10	45.40	48.30	47.20	57.70	58.60	66.80	66.00
Virginia	39.70	43.00	48.70	38.40	40.50	42.00	49.30	48.10	48.90	50.90
Washington	34.50	37.60	40.40	35.30	38.40	33.80	42.60	43.50	46.90	47.50
West Virginia	42.50	43.30	36.20	42.80	44.80	43.80	35.10	35.10	36.00	31.30
Wisconsin	34.00	43.00	46.60	40.40	37.90	43.50	45.20	43.90	43.10	43.30
Wyoming	53.60	57.40	48.90	57.60	63.80	63.30	43.00	40.60	48.90	34.50
U.S. Average	46.77	46.82	47.27	45.45	46.88	46.46	47.59	47.17	48.27	48.14