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Hernando County, Florida

Private schools in Hernando County that take Step Up

21 of the 26 private schools in Hernando 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 (21) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. About $8,000 a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (20) 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 (4) Part-time programs that pair with teaching at home. PEP on the forms.
No program listed (5) 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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26 schools · sorted A–Z

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No scholarship program listed

Brooksville Technical School

2392 Commercial Way Suite 164, Spring Hill, FL, 34606
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
352-410-4091 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Christian Life Academy

1244 West Jefferson Street, Brooksville, FL, 34601
PK-12CoedNon-Denominational
352-428-4397 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Conklin International Academy

7750 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL, 33411
KG-07CoedNon-Denominational
561-310-0241 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Hernando Christian Academy

7200 Emerson Road, Brooksville, FL, 34601
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: ACSICOGNIA
352-796-0616 Map Claim this listing

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FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Ridge Manor Christian Academy

34275 Cortez Blvd, Ridge Manor, FL, 33523
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: CGACS
352-583-4382 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Hernando

Pasco68 Pinellas151 Hillsborough203 Sumter3

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

Using Step Up in Hernando 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. 21 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 Hernando 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

Brooksville, Ridge Manor, Spring Hill, Webster, West Palm Beach

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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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