Table 1
Percentage of Public Schools that Have Prekindergarten Classes and Special Education Prekindergarten Classes, 2000-2001
	Elementary Schools with Prekindergarten Classes	General Education Prekindergarten Classes	Special Education Prekindergarten Classes
Total	35	28	15
Percent Minority Enrollment
Less than 6 percent	28	21	12
6 percent to 20 percent	27	18	14
21 percent to 49 percent	37	29	18
50 percent or more	47	41	18
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	25	16	13
35 percent to 49 percent	34	27	14
50 percent to 74 percent	40	33	18
75 percent or more	51	44	18
School Size
Less than 300	28	22	12
300 to 599	36	29	16
600 or more	42	32	20
Locale
City	45	37	18
Urban fringe/large town	30	23	15
Rural/small town	34	26	14
Program day length
Full-day only	13	-	-
Half-day only	19	-	-
Both	3	-	-
Region
Northeast	30	24	9
Southeast	46	37	23
Central	32	24	15
West	35	28	14
Source: Smith, Timothy, Kleiner, Anne, Parsad, Basmat, & Farris, Elizabeth. Prekindergarten in U.S. Public Schools: 2000-2001, NCES 2003-019, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: 2003: Tables 2 and 3.