Percentage of children from age 2 through age 5 and not yet in kindergarten who can identify shapes, count, recognize letters of the alphabet, and write name, by child's race/ethnicity: 2019

Characteristic	Can identify basic shapes such as a triangle, rectangle, circle, or square					How high the child can count					Can recognize letters of the alphabet				Can write his or her first name, even if some of the letters are backwards
Characteristic	No		Yes, some	Yes, most	Yes, all	Cannot count		Up to 10	Up to 50	Up to 100 or more	No	Yes, some	Yes, most	Yes, all
Total	10		23	23	44	5		40	45	10	14	42	20	24	39
Child’s race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	7		18	23	52	5		38	47	10	12	42	20	25	42
Black, non-Hispanic	16		26	22	36	5		38	47	10	12	40	21	28	40
Hispanic	14		32	23	31	6		49	38	7	20	44	19	17	44
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	4	!	23	21	51	5	!	37	41	16	12	32	20	36	32
Other race, non-Hispanic¹	6		15	26	53	3	!	34	50	13	8	43	20	29	43

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

¹“Other race, non-Hispanic” includes American Indian/Alaska Native children who are not Hispanic and children who are two or more races and not Hispanic.

NOTE: Detail may not sum totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of the 2019 National Household Education Surveys Program (ECPP-NHES:2019).