Total 2015 state kindergarten enrollment 68,797
Total 2015 early education child care enrollment 27,319
Total number of 4-year-old not enrolled in publicly funded program 61,430
Percentage of 4-year-olds not enrolled in publicly funded program 85
State spending per pre-K child enrolled in 2015 $7,824
In 2014 $8,195
In 2013 $8,032
Minnesota Head Start pre-K program enrollment in 2014-15 school year 1,381
Total state Head Start funding in 2014-15 $10,804,944
Percentage of school districts that offer state program 100
Income requirement 0
Nationwide
State-funded pre-K children served across the country in 2014-15 1.4 million
Federally funded Head Start enrollment, ages 3 and 4 9,986
Total state-provided pre-K funding $6.2 billion
Increase in pre-K state funding over previous year $573 million
Student pre-K enrollment rise over previous school year 31,863
Percentage of 4-year-olds not enrolled in publicly funded pre-school 59
Average state funding allotment per child $4,489
Number of states that do not provide public pre-K funding 8
Sources: United States Department of Education, Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota Early Childhood Longitudinal Data System, National Institute for Early Education Research