Pre-K Enrollment

							                      Pre-Kindergarten Education
                                 2008-2009 School Year



                                                Percent of Children Enrolled in
                                                     State Pre-K Program

Rank of 4-Year-
                                                                           3 and 4-Year-
Old Enrollment                    State     4-Year-Olds     3-Year-Olds
                                                                                   Olds
Rate


1                           Oklahoma              71.0%             0.0%           35.1%
2                               Florida           66.7%             0.0%           33.1%
3                              Georgia            53.4%             0.0%           26.7%
4                            Vermont*             53.0%            17.3%           35.4%
5                        West Virginia            50.6%             8.5%           29.9%
6                          Wisconsin*             48.4%             1.0%           24.8%
7                                Texas            45.4%             4.7%           25.0%
8                            Arkansas             43.7%             5.9%           24.6%
9                           New York              42.6%             0.1%           21.5%
10                      South Carolina            38.1%             4.1%           21.1%
11                           Maryland             35.1%             1.2%           18.2%
12                           Louisiana            31.7%             0.0%           15.9%
13                               Illinois         28.7%            21.2%           25.0%
14                                  Iowa          28.7%             1.3%           14.9%
15                           Kentucky             28.3%            10.0%           19.1%
16                        New Jersey              26.5%            17.3%           22.0%
17                      North Carolina            25.0%             0.0%           12.4%
18                         Tennessee              21.6%             0.8%           11.2%
19                             Kansas             21.2%             0.0%           10.6%
20                          Colorado              20.2%             6.0%           13.0%
21                            Michigan            19.1%             0.0%            9.6%
22                               Maine            19.0%             0.0%            9.6%
23                        New Mexico              16.5%             0.0%            8.1%
24                      Pennsylvania*             16.4%             4.8%           10.6%
25                             Virginia           14.1%             0.0%            7.1%
26                           California           12.6%             5.4%            9.0%
27                     Massachusetts*             11.3%             2.9%            7.1%
28                        Connecticut             10.9%             8.2%            9.6%
29                             Oregon              8.3%             4.8%            6.5%
30                                  Ohio           8.1%             5.3%            6.7%
31                           Delaware              7.3%             0.0%            3.6%
32                          Nebraska               7.3%             2.9%            5.1%
33                        Washington               7.2%             2.4%            4.8%
34                            Alabama              5.5%             0.0%            2.8%
35                             Arizona             5.4%             0.0%            2.7%
36                            Missouri             3.9%             1.9%            2.9%
37                             Nevada              2.3%             0.6%            1.4%
38                         Minnesota*              1.6%             1.1%            1.4%
No Program                      Alaska             0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program                      Hawaii             0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program                        Idaho            0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program                     Indiana             0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program                 Mississippi             0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program                    Montana              0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program             New Hampshire               0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program               North Dakota              0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program               Rhode Island              0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program               South Dakota              0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program                          Utah           0.0%             0.0%            0.0%
No Program                   Wyoming               0.0%             0.0%            0.0%

                           Nationwide             25.4%             3.7%           14.6%

*State has at least one program where enrollment figures do not distinguish between three-
and four-year-olds. Data shown are estimates.
Source: National Institution for Early Education Research, "State Preschool Yearbook."
Website: http://nieer.org
                                                                          Revised May 2010
                                       Metro Denver EDC