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PREK ENROLLMENT Laura KoenigSenior Director of Community Solutions, E3 Alliance
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ELIGIBLE KINDERGARTNERS WITH PUBLIC PRE-K NEARLY 3X LIKELY TO BE SCHOOL READY
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Odds that Eligible Children Who Attended Public Pre-K are Kindergarten ReadyCentral Texas, 2013-14 to 2018-19
How Much More Likely to be Kindergarten Ready With Public Pre-K
E3 Alliance analysis of children eligible for Public Pre-K from Ready,Set,K! weighted data Odds ratios from logistic regression of attending Public Pre-K vs. being at home or with relative, controlling for ethnicity andgender
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PRE-K ENROLLMENT IN CENTRAL TEXAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN PREVIOUS 5 YEARS
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Counts of Pre-K Students Enrolled in CTX, 2015 – Current*
Source: E3 Alliance analysis of snapshot enrollment data at the UT Austin ERC and current data collected directly from districts*Districts were included if current (2020-2021) enrollment data was available
**Districts included in CTX aggregation: Austin, Del Valle, Hays, Lake Travis, Leander, Lockhart, Manor, Pflugerville, Hutto, Round Rock, San Marcos, Taylor, and Wayside ISD
Source: E3 Alliance analysis of snapshot enrollment data at the UT Austin ERC and current data collected directly from districts*Districts were included if current (2020-2021) enrollment data was available**Districts included in CTX aggregation: Austin, Del Valle, Lake Travis, Leander, Lockhart, Manor, Pflugerville, Hutto, Round Rock, San Marcos, Taylor, and Wayside ISD
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PREK ENROLLMENT DOWN ACROSS GROUPS
Source: E3 Alliance analysis of snapshot enrollment data at the UT Austin ERC and current data collected directly from districts*Districts were included if current (2020-2021) enrollment data was available**Districts included in CTX aggregation: Austin, Del Valle, Leander, Lockhart, Manor, Hutto, Round Rock, San Marcos, Taylor, and Wayside ISD
-34%
-37%
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In Travis County Roughly 35% of our pre-K students are not enrolled compared to last year ≈ 3000 students
• 70% of which are LatinX• 40% of which are English Learners• 90% are from low-income
households
CENTRAL TEXAS FALL PRE-K ENROLLMENT
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• https://e3alliance.org/pre-k-in-central-texas/
• https://e3alliance.org/pre-k-for-educators/
PREK ENROLLMENT PUSH
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