Each year, PPC creates interactive maps for the Pre-K for PA campaign, and the 2025 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 population, high-quality, publicly funded enrollment, and the number of high-quality pre-k locations.
Statewide, of the 151,325 eligible children ages 3-4 living in Pennsylvania, only 44% have access to high-quality pre-kindergarten. With workforce challenges in the sector, an additional 8,477 pre-k staff are needed to serve the remaining eligible children.
As part of an enacted 2025-26 budget, the Pre-K for PA campaign is asking the General Assembly to:
- Support the proposed investment of $15 million in Pre-K Counts to help stabilize early learning providers by boosting per-child rates to help combat inflationary pressures and staffing shortages caused by low wages.
- Include an investment of $9.5 million for the Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program to help stabilize the Head Start Workforce.
Access the new fact sheet and online map here.