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United States: School enrollment, preprimary

72.40percent · 2020+4.0% since 1995

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for United States from 1971 to 2020.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202072.396
201972.214
201872.146
201772.934
201671.937
201572.027
201464.783
201371.524
200570.517
199671.115
199569.589
199165.052
199060.96
198960.485
198861.695
198762.044
198661.196
198557.314
198456.624
198354.606
198252.712
198152.445
198048.595
197948.202
197848.338
197750.617
197651.763
197442.834
197237.749
197137.896

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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