But as eligibility expands, the percent enrolled fell near pandemic lows

CalMatters used two approaches to estimate the percent of eligible TK students enrolled. One uses kindergarten class size the same year as a proxy, and the other uses 4-year-old population projections. Both were adjusted for the share of eligible birthdays for TK each year.

Line chart showing trend of percent of eligible TK students enrolled, using two different calculations. Both ways, the percent decreased the last two years