YORK COUNTY — Head Start in York County recently learned that it has earned top scores in a federal review.

The scores were released in May.

“We’re very proud of these results,” said Barbara Crider, executive director of York County Community Action Corporation. “The results capture all the hard work and dedication of our exceptional early childhood education staff.”

The review looked at 10 dimensions of teacher-child interaction on a seven-point scale, including classroom climate, teacher sensitivity and regard for student perspectives, behavioral management, productivity, instructional learning and concept development, quality feedback and language modeling, said YCCAC spokesman Brad Bohon.

“We have always had a high achieving program,” said Michelle Fleagle, director of YCCAC’s Children’s Services program, “so the ranking was both a welcome reward to our teachers and other Head Start staff, and affirmation of our commitment to the children and families we serve.”

York County Children’s Services maintains 12 Head Start classrooms at 10 sites throughout the county.

There are six Early Head Start classrooms, for ages 3 months to 3 years, and one Early Head Start home-based option.

In 2017, there were 204 children enrolled in York County Head Start, and 85 in Early Head Start, Bohon said.