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Total Infant/Toddler student enrollment
Deliver early childhood education services. — Ensure access to quality services for infants and toddlers in communities of need and achieve maximum capacity.
DOE's own Fiscal 2025 report attributes the 39% drop in Infant/Toddler program enrollment (from 10,441 to 6,378) to the loss of a major Family Child Care Network partner that had provided many of these childcare seats. DOE notes that enrollment losses show up in its data before the matching reduction in program capacity, which is reevaluated on an ongoing basis based on provider partnerships.
Researched July 16, 2026 — NYC Public Schools, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above.
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| Fiscal year | Actual | Target |
|---|---|---|
| FY22 | Not available | Not available |
| FY23 | 6,346 student | Not available |
| FY24 | 10,441 student | Not available |
| FY25 | 6,378 student | 10,883 student |
| FY26 (YTD) | Not available | 6,394 student |
Why this is tracked
Mayor Bill de Blasio launched Pre-K for All in 2014, guaranteeing free full-day pre-kindergarten to every four-year-old in the city, and grew enrollment to more than 60,000 children within two years. The City later extended the model to three-year-olds through 3-K for All, eventually serving more than 500,000 children across both programs by the end of de Blasio's term. NYC funded the expansion in part through a deal with the state legislature and, later, federal COVID-relief dollars, rather than through the tax on high earners de Blasio had originally proposed.
The Century Foundation - NYC Transformed Education with Pre-K For All, Chalkbeat - NYC promises preschool for 3-year-olds in every district
Source: Division of Early Childhood Education — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported pmmr/mmr.
Definition: The total number of Infant/Toddler students enrolled in a given school year as of June 30th.