Unweighted Combined Index

Importance: Accessibility means that our ECE system offers an adequate supply of nearby, affordable, and high-quality seats. A combined index represents access more holistically than does any component in isolation. It also provides a succinct way of summarizing progress towards the vision of an equitable ECE system that truly meets the needs of our keiki and their families. High scores on the combined index are desirable.

How We Got This: The unweighted combined index is the average of the standardized scores for the nearby seats, affordability, and quality indexes for each census tract. Color coding on the maps shows whether combined index scores are close to average, above/below average, or well above/below average for the state. These groupings are based on the 20th, 40th, 60th, and 80th percentile ranks.