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, Asian/Pacific Islander children have been enrolled in ECEAP at close to twice the rate that they are represented in the eligible population. Black/African American children have been slightly over-represented, while other groups have been consistently under-represented to varying degrees.

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Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality Ratios for ECEAP Enrollment, School Years 2016-2021

 

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Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality Ratios for ECEAP Enrollment, School Years 2016-2021

Sources: DCYF. (2022). Early Learning Management System (ELMS) [July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2021]. U.S. Census Bureau. (2018). 2018 American community survey 5-year estimates [2014-2018]. https://data.census.gov.
WSRDAC/M: American Indian/Alaska Native, Multiracial combined with American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Multiracial combined with Black/African American, and Asian/Pacific Islander, Multiracial combined with Asian/Pacific Islander.
Notes: Numerator is number of ECEAP-enrolled children for each racial/ethnic group. Denominator is estimated number of Washington 3- and 4-year-olds in that racial/ethnic group living in households with incomes below 110% of the Federal Poverty Limit. Denominator utilizes ACS 2018 5-Year Population Estimates for all years.