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The current quantitative study examined the effects of preschool attendance on academic achievement of grade one students at public and private schools in Lahore. It gives an overview that schooling has direct influence on students’ educational achievement and beneficial in building basic skills that enhance intellectual abilities for the individual to excel in his/her practical life. Early childhood education has benefits for the child’s development at early age and for whole life. It provides a basis for the formation of academic development. The data were collected from 45 schools (23 public and 22 private sectors) where the sample comprised on 502 Grade I students including 251 (168 P & 83 non-p) from public and 251(210 p & 41 non-p) from private schools in the district Lahore. For data collection purpose, a self-developed achievement test, which items based on three core subjects English, mathematics and science, was conducted from 502 students. Descriptive statistics was applied to explain the frequency of the data and inferential statistics comprised Independent sample ttest, ANOVA and Post hoc was applied to find the differences between the students who had preschool education and those who had not. The findings of the Ilyas, Siddiqua, & Saeed 59 PJERE study indicated that students with preschool experience significantly performed better in academic tests in all three subjects English, mathematics & science, verified by the study. This study concluded by observing that preschool attendance prepares students with pre-requisite knowledge and skills which make their learning durable. Sidrah Ilyas is a Ph.D scholar at the Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Her areas of interest include educational administration and educational