Preschools in Lexington, TN

Preschools in Lexington, Tennessee, are largely a Head Start story. The page holds 6 businesses across three counties: 4 in Henderson County, 1 in Carroll County and 1 in Decatur County. Three of them carry the Head Start name, and the other three are small day care and preschool centers in Lexington itself.

Head Start is a federal program for young children and families. Early Head Start serves children up to age 3, and traditional Head Start serves children ages 3 to 5. Families at or below federal poverty guidelines pay nothing. Whatever the income, a child is eligible if the family receives TANF, SSI or SNAP, the child is in foster care, or the child is experiencing homelessness. Local organizations and school districts run the programs, and families can find one through the federal locator at headstart.gov.

Two agencies stand behind the centers here. Montgomery Head Start Center in Lexington is linked to Southwest Human Resource Agency's Head Start, which has centers in Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson and McNairy counties. The agency's Henderson County page gives Lexington Head Start at 223 Pine St., Lexington, TN 38351, and it keeps pages for parents, enrollment and a resource library. Montgomery Head Start Center is rated 4.2 from 5 Google reviews, four of them five stars.

Huntingdon Head Start sits in Huntingdon, in Carroll County. It is a comprehensive early childhood education and development program for children from low-income families. It operates under the Northwest Tennessee Economic Development Council, a community action agency that also runs Early Head Start, energy assistance and weatherization programs. The building has a wheelchair accessible entrance and parking. It is rated 5.0 from 1 review.