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Lake County, Florida

Private schools in Lake County that take Step Up

50 of the 64 private schools in Lake 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 (50) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. About $8,000 a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (49) 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 (14) 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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FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Family Christian Center School - Clermont

2500 South Highway 27, Clermont, FL, 34711
KG-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FLOCSCOGNIA
352-242-1895 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Hop To The Light Christian Academy

1506 South 14Th Street, Leesburg, FL, 34748
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
407-494-6115 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Integrity Christian Academy

7432 East Highway 50, Groveland, FL, 34736
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FLOCS
352-874-4800 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Joseph's House School

2021 Abrams Road, Eustis, FL, 32726
PK-12CoedMulti/ Inter/ Trans-Denominational
407-717-8343 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Leesburg Christian Preparatory School Iep

10516 Treadway School Rd, Leesburg, FL, 34788
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
352-818-1761 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Liberty Christian Preparatory School

2451 Dora Avenue, Tavares, FL, 32778
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FACCS
352-343-0061 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Mount Dora Christian Academy

301 West 13Th Avenue, Mount Dora, FL, 32757
PK-12CoedOtherAccredited: FCISNCSACOGNIA
352-729-9008 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Praise Temple Christian Academy

5910 Bible Camp Road, Groveland, FL, 34736
PK-12CoedChurch Of GodAccredited: CGACS
352-429-8813 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Real Life Christian Academy

1501 Steve's Rd., Clermont, FL, 34711
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: ACSICSF
352-394-5575 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Village View Christian Academy

197 E Lavista Street, Fruitland Park, FL, 34731
KG-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FLOCS
352-307-2100 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Vincent Career Training Institute

290 Citrus Tower Blvd, Clermont, FL, 34711
09-12CoedNon-Denominational
904-897-1114 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Lake

Osceola107 Orange305 Seminole91 Volusia84 Brevard104 Polk125

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

Using Step Up in Lake 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. 50 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 Lake 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

Astatula, Clermont, Eustis, Fruitland Park, Groveland, Lady Lake, Leesburg, Minneola, Montverde, Mount Dora, Mt. Dora, Tavares, Umatilla

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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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