Each year, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (PPC) creates interactive maps for the Pre-K for PA campaign, and our 2026 maps and corresponding fact sheets are now available. Data on pre-k is available at the statewide, county, school district, and legislative district levels. The maps highlight the unmet need for high-quality, publicly funded pre-k at each geographic level, including data points such as the eligible child populations, high-quality, publicly funded enrollment, and the number of high-quality pre-k locations.
Statewide, of the 138,613 eligible children ages 3 and 4 living in Pennsylvania, only 48% have access to high-quality pre-kindergarten. With workforce challenges in the sector, an additional 7,152 pre-k educators are needed to serve the remaining eligible children.
For meaningful progress toward building an affordable, high-quality pre-k system that benefits children and families, the Pre-K for PA is asking the General Assembly for the following investments in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget:
- $2 million increase for the Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program.
- $7.5 million increase for Pre-K Counts.