Disproportionality in ECEAP Enrollment
Each year, around 15,000 children are enrolled in Washington's Early Childhood Education Assistance Program (ECEAP). DCYF tracks disproportionality in ECEAP enrollment using a Disproportionality Ratio. A disproportionality ratio of 1.0 would indicate that children of that race/ethnicity are enrolled in ECEAP at the same rate they exist in the underlying income-eligible population. For the past few years, Black/African American children have been slightly over-represented in ECEAP enrollment, while American Indian/Alaska Native children have been slightly under-represented.
Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality Ratios for ECEAP Enrollment, School Years 2016-2023
Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality Ratios for ECEAP Enrollment, School Years 2016-2023