Among districts providing TK in the 2012–13 school
year, just over half (57 percent) reported serving TK
students solely in combination classrooms, where
TK students were combined with students from
another grade (such as kindergarten). A total of 43
percent reported having standalone TK classrooms
at one or more of their schools—35 percent
reported having only standalone TK classrooms
and 8 percent reported having both standalone
and combination classrooms among their schools.
District size is associated with TK classroom
configuration.
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The vast majority (95 percent)
of small districts (those with 50 or fewer
kindergartners) reported offering TK only
in combination classrooms. In contrast, 54
percent of large school districts (those with
more than 350 kindergarteners) offered TK only
in standalone classrooms, as shown in Figure 5