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Key Findings

• Cost information collected from 36 pre-K providers in three states demonstrates that per-child costs can vary greatly across providers even in the same system.
• Staffing structure and compensation, annual program hours, and facility costs drive the largest portion of cost differences among programs.
• System-level expenditures for three state pre-K systems indicate per-child spending from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars, a cost element that is often overlooked when considering the cost of high-quality pre-K.
• Model-based national-level estimates indicate that the per-child cost of high-quality pre-K at the provider level would be about $12,700; estimates at the state or local level would be lower or higher than this figure based on differences in the cost of living.