Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: Number of children enrolled in the Nonpublic Schools Early Childhood Development program, which pays tuition for low-income children to attend private preschools.

Data Source: Nonpublic Schools Early Childhood Development Program, by special request

Footnotes: Children in families earning less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level are eligible to participate in the NSECD program.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.