The Rock-Walworth County Head Start program provides comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school.

The federal Early Head Start program was established to serve children from birth to 3 years of age in recognition of the mounting evidence that the earliest years matter a great deal to a child's growth and development.

Head Start programs promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. They engage parents in their childrens' learning and help them in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. Significant emphasis is placed on the involvement of parents in the administration of local Head Start programs.

Students involved in the Rock-Walworth County Head Start program meet at Phoenix Middle School.