2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
Commissioned by New Haven Early Childhood Council
March 2015
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New Haven 2013-14: Preschool Enrollment and Accessibility
3,415
Preschool students in 2013-141
2,925
Licensed Preschool slots
[191]
[2,734]
490
Family Care slots
School & Center-based slots
needed Preschool slots
978 NHPS Kindergarten students were surveyed in Fall 2015.
 20% of surveyed students had not attended preschool (195 students).
Why are New Haven students not attending Preschool?

33% of families who did not send their child to preschool said cost of preschool was too high
1,852
Students with eligible to receive free lunch
(Annual income for a family of four less than $30,616)
1,103
749
Free Licensed Preschool slots
needed Free Preschool slots

32% of families who did not send their child to preschool said they wanted to keep their child at home.

22% of families who did not send their child to preschool said there was no availability in their neighborhood

22% of families who did not send their child to preschool said that no transportation was available for
affordable slots.

Other reasons – quality of program, home language not taught, lack of info on process, confusing application,
missed deadline – were less frequent reasons for non-attendance.

978 surveys total, 195 surveys from families who did not send their child to preschool
o Surveys for 64% of all NHPS kindergartners who attended preschool
o Surveys for 41% of all NHPS kindergartners who did not attend preschool
o 1.5 reasons for non-attendance per survey
Map of New Haven – 2013-14 Preschool Enrollment and Accessibility:
http://cdb.io/1FlyrnI
1
st
2013-14 NHPS Kindergartners and 1 graders are used as a proxy population for 3 and 4 year old 2013-14 Preschoolers throughout this study.
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
Commissioned by New Haven Early Childhood Council
March 2015
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City of New Haven
*“FRPL PreK students” refers to students who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. For 2013-14, the annual household income for
students receiving:
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
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o
o
March 2015
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Free Lunch was less than $30,616
Reduced-price Lunch was $30,616 - $43,568
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
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Long Wharf and Hill
March 2015
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Dwight, West River, Edgewood, Dixwell
*“FRPL PreK students” refers to students who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. For 2013-14, the annual household income for students receiving:
o
o
Free Lunch was less than $30,616
Reduced-price Lunch was $30,616 - $43,568
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
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Westville, Amity, and West Rock
March 2015
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Beaver Hills and Newhallville
* “FRPL PreK students” refers to students who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. For 2013-14, the annual household income for students receiving:
o Free Lunch was less than $30,616
o Reduced-price Lunch was $30,616 - $43,568
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
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Downtown, Prospect Hill, E. Rock, Wooster Square
March 2015
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Fair Haven
* “FRPL PreK students” refers to students who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. For 2013-14, the annual household income for students receiving:
o Free Lunch was less than $30,616
o Reduced-price Lunch was $30,616 - $43,568
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
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Quin. Meadows and Fair Haven Heights
March 2015
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East Shore and Annex
*“FRPL PreK students” refers to students who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. For 2013-14, the annual household income for students receiving:
o Free Lunch was less than $30,616
o Reduced-price Lunch was $30,616 - $43,568
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
Commissioned by New Haven Early Childhood Council
March 2015
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2013-14 Preschool Capacity in New Haven, by Neighborhood Group
Programs
Program Capacity
Total
Family
Care
School
&
Centerbased
New Haven
231
168
Long Wharf, Hill
34
Neighborhood
Group
Dwight, West
River,
Edgewood,
Dixwell
Westville, Amity,
West Rock
Beaver Hills,
Newhallville
Downtown,
Prospect Hill,
East Rock,
Wooster Square
Fair Haven
Quinnipiac
Meadows, Fair
Haven Heights
Annex, East
Shore
Fee by Funding Source
Length of School Day
Transportati
on
Total
Family
Care2
School
&
Centerbased3
Free
Head
Start
Magnet4
School
Readiness
(Subsidized)
Not Publicly
Subsidized5
School
Day
Full
Day
Part
Day
Tra
ns.
Trans.
Free
63
2,928
191
2,734
1,103
738
365
1,073
558
875
1,693
166
438
280
24
10
714
27
687
398
338
60
209
80
360
327
0
303
280
28
20
8
255
23
232
36
0
36
139
57
40
192
0
23
0
27
17
10
439
19
420
300
160
140
102
18
21
376
23
52
0
20
18
2
74
21
53
34
0
34
0
19
19
34
0
0
0
24
7
17
731
8
723
163
140
23
275
285
301
363
59
40
0
51
43
8
375
49
326
100
100
0
177
49
94
232
0
20
0
28
23
5
193
26
167
71
0
71
63
32
40
127
0
0
0
19
16
3
144
18
126
0
0
0
108
18
0
42
84
0
0
Source: NHPS and CT Licensing data
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From All Our Kin: Assuming each active caregiver has a capacity for 1.14 preschool-aged children, on average
Program capacity does not include slots in special education programs, in which students with disabilities are in separate classrooms and have separate programming from all
other students, due to the incompleteness of capacity data for these programs. Slots are allocated on a needs-basis for students with disabilities, and program location and
capacity fluctuate widely from year to year.
4
Assuming 60% of magnet preschool spots are held by New Haven residents.
5
Assuming 90% of non-publicly funded preschool spots in community centers are held by New Haven residents (based on data provided by programs) and 100% of non-publicly
funded preschool spots in New Haven Public Schools are held by New Haven residents.
3
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
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March 2015
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NHPS PreK Enrollment and Accessibility Survey Data
Total Surveys:
PreK:
No PreK:
Neighborhood
Group
978_______
783 (80%)
195 (20%)
Total
No
PreK
New Haven
195
Long Wharf, Hill
29
Dwight, West
River, Edgewood,
Dixwell
Westville, Amity,
West Rock
Main Reasons
No PreK
Cost, Child
home,
Availability,
Trans.
Cost, Child
home,
Availability
Reasons
per
survey
Cost
Availability
1.5
33%
1.7
Lang.
Lack
of
Info
App.
Process
Deadline
Moved
Midyear
Child
Home
Not
Accepted
Other
Responses
in
Span.
6%
1%
10%
7%
5%
5%
32%
4%
6%
18%
21%
10%
0%
17%
10%
7%
3%
34%
0%
7%
41%
Trans.
Quality
22%
22%
38%
24%
19
Cost, Trans.,
Availability
1.9
37%
32%
37%
5%
5%
11%
11%
11%
11%
26%
11%
0%
5%
7
Child home
1.6
14%
0%
14%
14%
0%
14%
14%
0%
0%
71%
0%
14%
0%
1.6
41%
35%
35%
6%
6%
6%
0%
6%
0%
29%
0%
0%
6%
1.7
33%
25%
25%
0%
0%
8%
0%
17%
25%
25%
0%
8%
8%
1.4
15%
20%
17%
5%
0%
15%
10%
2%
7%
34%
7%
12%
34%
Cost,
Availability,
Trans.
Cost,
Availability,
Trans., Moved
Mid-year,
Child home
Child home,
Availability
Beaver Hills,
Newhallville
17
Downtown,
Prospect Hill, East
Rock, Wooster
Square
12
Fair Haven
41
Quinnipiac
Meadows, Fair
Haven Heights
10
Cost, Child
home
1.4
40%
20%
20%
0%
0%
10%
10%
10%
0%
30%
0%
0%
10%
Annex, East Shore
13
Child Home,
Cost,
Availability
1.2
31%
15%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
8%
8%
46%
8%
8%
0%
Source: NHPS
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
Commissioned by New Haven Early Childhood Council
March 2015
Assembled by DataHaven
Methodology
Data components
1) PreK Enrollment and Accessibility Survey: enrollment and reasons for non-attendance by neighborhood group,
citywide
a. Sample: New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) 2014-15 Kindergartners – 978 respondents
b. Collection: In NHPS Kindergarten classrooms, Fall of school year, filled out by parents/guardians
c. Source: NHPS and New Haven Early Childhood Council (NHECC)
d. Geography: neighborhood group and citywide
e. Variables:
 Current Location of Kindergarten Program [not included in analysis]
 PreK or No
 [if PreK] PreK program [not included in analysis]
 [if No PreK] Reasons for not attending
 Reasons per survey
 Answers in Spanish
f. Methodology notes: Due to low number of surveys, survey data aggregated to neighborhood group,
according to proximate location.
2) Early Childhood programs by capacity and characteristics
a. Sample: All early childhood programs by 2013-14 category – 231 total licensed program locations, 63
PreK School & Center-based Programs and 168 Family Childcare Programs
b. Collection: PreK Program type, capacity, fee type collected by NHPS. Characteristics collected by
DataHaven. Family Childcare options collected by DataHaven with assistance from All Our Kin
c. Source: DataHaven analysis of NHPS and Connecticut government data (see
https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx)
d. Geography: individually, neighborhood group, and citywide
e. Variables for PreK programs:
 Program Type – School & Center-based: Head Start, Magnet, School Readiness, Not Publicly
Subsidized; Family Childcare
 Capacity – number of slots
 Fee type – Free, Subsidized (School Readiness), Not Publicly Subsidized
 Day length – Part (~4 hours), School (~6 hours), Full (>8 hours)
 Transportation – yes or no
 NHPS – yes or no
f. Methodology notes:
 School & Center-based: School & Center-based programs provide pre-kindergarten and are
operated by NHPS or a community center; and program costs are sponsored by Head Start,
School Readiness funds, the School District, or tuition fees.
 Family Childcare: Family Childcare programs are licensed early childhood home care providers,
but are not accredited pre-kindergarten programs. Fees, day length, and other characteristics
vary among family childcare options. It is assumed that on average, each active family childcare
provider can provide licensed care to 1.14 preschool-aged children.
 Magnet: Magnet PreK programs are free and operated by NHPS. A portion of slots, estimated at
60%, go to New Haven children; the remaining 40% of slots are held by children who are not
from New Haven.
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
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March 2015
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 Not Publicly Subsidized PreK: School & Center-based slots that are not Head Start, School
Readiness, Special Education, nor Magnet programs. They include community-based programs
or non-funded NHPS slots. Families may receive funding through individual scholarships or
Care4Kids funds. It is assumed that 100% of non-funded NHPS slots go to New Haven children
and that 90% of non-funded center-based slots go to New Haven children.
 Special Education: Preschool slots in special education programs are not included in this analysis
of preschool program capacity. Special education programs are those in which students with
disabilities are placed in classes separate from all other students with special educational
programming according to their disability needs. Because special education slots are provided
on a needs-basis, the number of available slots and slot locations may vary significantly from
year to year, and the data on special education slots are incomplete and unavailable for use in
these analyses.
3) Student Demographics
a. Sample: 2013-14 NHPS Kindergartners and 1st Graders – 3,415 students
b. Collection: NHPS
c. Source: DataHaven analysis of NHPS data
d. Geography: census tract, neighborhood group, and citywide
e. Variables for student demographics:
 Race/Ethnicity [displayed in map as percent racial/ethnic minority]
 Percent English Language Learner
 Percent Free or Reduced-price Meal status
f. Methodology: Due to availability of data, DataHaven used the sample of 2013-14 NHPS Kindergarteners
and 1st Graders as a proxy population for the 2013-14 Preschoolers, who are represented in the NHPS
PreK Enrollment and Accessibility Survey. DataHaven determined that the demographic differences
between New Haven preschool-age 3-4 year olds and 2013-14 Kindergartners and 1st Graders are not
statistically different, and thus the proxy data provide valid demographic analyses for the purposes of
this study.
Other Analyses:
1) Main reasons for PreK non-attendance, by neighborhood
a. The 2-3 most frequently cited reasons for non-attendance at PreK
2)
Needs by neighborhood
a. Calculated as the difference in students and capacity per category
b. Needs listed: the needed slots are fewer than the preschool student population per neighborhood
group.
c. Four categories of characteristics for programs:
 Program slots = School & Center-based and Family Care slots per neighborhood (based on
survey data that availability of programs and transportation to programs inhibited preschool
attendance)
 Free PreK slots (based on survey data that parent fee/cost inhibited preschool attendance)
 Subsidized PreK slots (based on survey data that parent fee/cost inhibited preschool
attendance)
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2013-14 New Haven PreK Enrollment and Accessibility
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March 2015
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Notes on PreK Attendance Survey











Reason Cost – Parent fee/cost too high
Reason Availability – No programs available in neighborhood
Reason Transportation – No transportation available for open affordable slots
Reason Quality – Did not believe the preschool slot available was of sufficiently high quality
Reason Language – Could not find program that had staff that spoke my child’s home language
Reason Lack of Info – Did not know where to find information about preschool
Reason Application Deadline – Application process for public/subsidized preschool was too difficult or missed
the deadline for applying for public/subsidized preschool
Reason Moved Mid Year – Moved mid-year and could not find slot
Reason Child Home – Wanted to keep my child home with me/family
Reason Not Accepted – Child wasn’t accepted into the desired program
Reason Other – Other, open-ended explanation
Notes on Map Resource
 Programs are color-coded according to fee by funding source. In some cases, a single program has slots that are
sponsored by different funding sources. In these cases, the programs are coded according to the funding source
that provides more funding per individual.
o For example, LULAC Mill Center has 100 Head Start slots and 18 School Readiness slots. It is coded as
Head Start.
o Creating Kids Childcare Center has 7 School Readiness slots and 12 Not Publicly Subsidized slots. It is
coded as School Readiness.
 In each program’s information box, the day’s schedule is defined as: part, school, or full. In some cases, a single
program location has slots with different day schedules. In these cases, the programs are labeled according to
the day schedule for the majority of slots.
Neighborhood Grouping
Long Wharf, Hill
Census Tract
1402, 1403, 1404, 1405,
1406
Neighborhood Grouping
Downtown, Prospect Hill,
East Rock, Wooster Square
Dwight, West River,
Edgewood, Dixwell
Westville, Amity, West Rock
1407, 1408, 1409, 1418
Fair Haven
1410, 1412, 1413
Beaver Hills, Newhallville
1414, 1415
Quinnipiac Meadows, Fair
Haven Heights
Annex, East Shore
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Census Tract
1401, 1418, 1419, 1420,
1421, 1422, 3614.01,
3614.02
1423, 1424, 1425
1426.01, 1426.03, 1426.04
1427, 1428