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Leon County, Florida

Private schools in Leon County that take Step Up

38 of the 51 private schools in Leon County take a Step Up scholarship. Every one of them is below, with the phone number, straight out of Florida's official state directory.

38
Private school
36
Unique Abilities
4
PEP hybrid
13
No program listed
Private school (38) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. About $8,000 a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (36) 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 (13) 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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51 schools · sorted A–Z

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FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Avant School Of Excellence - Tallahassee

3551 Austin Davis Avenue, Tallahassee, FL, 32308
PK-12CoedBaptist
305-303-5305 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Capital Preparatory

2811 Industrial Plaza Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32301
KG-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: COGNIAFCCPSA
850-402-9711 Map Claim this listing

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There are 38 schools in Leon County that take a Step Up scholarship, and calling them all is a week of your life. Give me your email and I'll send you this list — sorted by which scholarship each school takes, with the phone numbers, and it prints straight from the page — plus a heads-up when the application deadline is thirty days out.

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FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Changing Lives 4 Ever Preparatory Academy

3780 Peddie Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32303
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
850-264-1141 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Community Christian School

4859 Kerry Forest Pkwy, Tallahassee, FL, 32309
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: COGNIAACSI
850-893-6628 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Community Leadership Academy

3611 Austin Davis Avenue, Tallahassee, FL, 32308
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: COGNIA
850-597-9124 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Graham Private Christian High School

2532 West Tharpe Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32303
09-12CoedNon-Denominational
850-610-1057 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Holy Comforter Episcopal School Inc.

2001 Fleischmann Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32308
PK-08CoedEpiscopalianAccredited: FCISCOGNIA
850-383-1007 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

John Paul Ii Catholic High School

5100 Terrebone Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32311
09-12CoedCatholicAccredited: COGNIA
850-201-5744 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Kingdom Life Preparatory Academy Ii

1410-2 East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32301
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
850-597-7072 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

North Florida Christian School

3000 North Meridian Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32312
PK-12CoedBaptistAccredited: FACCSCOGNIA
850-386-6327 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Purposeful Beginnings Learning Center Inc

3551 Austin Davis Ave, Tallahassee, FL, 32308
PK-12CoedNon-Denominational
850-402-2998 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Tallahassee Adventist Christian Academy

616 Capital Circle Ne, Tallahassee, FL, 32301
PK-08CoedSeventh Day Adventist
850-597-7825 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Tree Of Life Tallahassee

1248 Blountstown Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32304
KG-12CoedMulti/ Inter/ Trans-Denominational
448-209-2505 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Leon

Franklin3 Gadsden7 Jefferson2 Liberty1 Taylor4 Wakulla2

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

Using Step Up in Leon 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. 38 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 Leon 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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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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