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Alachua County, Florida

Private schools in Alachua County that take Step Up

35 of the 44 private schools in Alachua County take a Step Up scholarship. Every one of them is below, with the phone number, straight out of Florida's official state directory.

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Unique Abilities
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PEP hybrid
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No program listed
Private school (35) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. About $8,000 a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (35) For a child with a diagnosed disability. The paperwork calls it FES-UA. Averages about $10,000, and it is a spending account.
PEP hybrid (5) Part-time programs that pair with teaching at home. PEP on the forms.
No program listed (9) The school is in the state directory but has not told the state it takes any of them. Worth a phone call anyway — it changes.

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44 schools · sorted A–Z

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FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Christian Life Academy

12000 Sw Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608
PK-12CoedPentecostalAccredited: COGNIA
352-495-3040 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Cornerstone Academy

5510 Nw 39Th Ave, Gainesville, FL, 32606
KG-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: COGNIACSF
352-378-9337 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Deeper Purpose Christian Academy School Inc

19930 N Us Hwy 441, High Springs, FL, 32643
PK-08CoedNon-Denominational
352-474-9040 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

First Christian Academy

24530 N.W. 199Th Lane, High Springs, FL, 32643
KG-12CoedBaptistAccredited: COGNIAACSI
386-454-1641 Map Claim this listing

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FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Gainesville Christian Preparatory School

2500 Ne 15Th St, Gainesville, FL, 32609
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
407-686-6634 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Gainesville Potter'shouse Christian Academy

12100 Nw 39Th Ave., Gainesville, FL, 32606
KG-11CoedAssemblies Of God
352-256-0665 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Grace Christian Prep School Llc

207 Nw 23Rd Avenue, Gainesville, FL, 32609
PK-08CoedNon-Denominational
352-554-4733 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Hagios Christian Academy

1704 N.E. 9Th Street, Gainesville, FL, 32609
PK-05CoedNon-Denominational
352-260-4477 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

High-Class Educated Role Models Academy

1905 S. Main Street, Gainesville, FL, 32601
PK-05GirlsNon-Denominational
352-262-0231 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Queen Of Peace Catholic Academy

10900 S.W. 24Th Avenue, Gainesville, FL, 32607
PK-08CoedCatholicAccredited: FCCAP
352-332-8808 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Saint Francis Catholic High School

4100 Nw 115Th Terrace, Gainesville, FL, 32606
09-12CoedCatholicAccredited: COGNIA
352-376-6545 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

The Rock School

9818 Southwest 24Th Avenue, Gainesville, FL, 32607
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: COGNIAFLOCS
352-331-7625 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Alachua

Dixie2 Gilchrist5 Levy5

Plenty of families cross a county line for the right school — the scholarship follows the child, not the address.

Using Step Up in Alachua County

Almost everyone calls this the Step Up scholarship. It is worth roughly $8,000 per child per year for private school, and since 2023 there has been no household income cap. 35 schools here take it. If the four different program names are confusing, here is the whole thing in one page.

Schools flagged PEP hybrid run part-time programs that pair with home instruction, which is how many homeschool families in Alachua County use two or three days of formal classes alongside their own teaching.

Call the school before anything else. Ask two questions: do you currently take my scholarship program, and do you have a seat in my child's grade. Participation and capacity both change during the year.

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Cities covered in this listing

Alachua, Archer, Gainesville, Hawthorne, High Springs, Newberry, Waldo

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Where this list comes from

Compiled from the Florida Department of Education's private school directory, which is built from schools' own annual survey responses under section 1002.42, Florida Statutes. The Department does not independently verify the data, and inclusion is not approval or accreditation — by the state or by us. Pulled August 2, 2026. Confirm directly with the school before making any decision. Run one of these schools? Claim your listing to add your own description.

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