The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has announced that, with the addition of four more communities, 97.6% of Wisconsin school districts offer four-year-old kindergarten (4K). Enrollment for 2016-17 is at a high of 48,764 students in 401 school districts throughout the state.
For more information, click the link below for the DPI press release.
https://dpi.wi.gov/news/releases/2017/976-percent-districts-offering-elementary-education-provide-4k
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