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Marion County, Florida

Private schools in Marion County that take Step Up

40 of the 50 private schools in Marion 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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Private school
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Unique Abilities
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PEP hybrid
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No program listed
Private school (40) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. About $8,000 a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (38) 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 (3) Part-time programs that pair with teaching at home. PEP on the forms.
No program listed (10) 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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50 schools · sorted A–Z

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FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Barbara's Kitchen School Of Excellence

17050 N Highway 301 Unit 1, Citra, FL, 32113
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
352-595-1346 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Building Bridges Academy

14100 E. Hwy 40, Silver Springs, FL, 34488
06-12CoedBaptistAccredited: CGACS
352-362-3613 Map Claim this listing

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There are 40 schools in Marion 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-EOFTC

Capstone Academy And Preschool

7750 Sw 60Th Ave Units C/D, Ocala, FL, 34476
PK-09CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FCIS
352-351-3777 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

First Assembly Christian School Daycare

1827 Ne 14Th Street, Ocala, FL, 34470
PK-12CoedAssemblies Of GodAccredited: COGNIAACTS
352-351-1913 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Liberty Christian Preparatory Academy

6422 N.E. Jacksonville Road, Ocala, FL, 34479
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
352-694-2223 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Meadowbrook Academy Inc.

4741 Sw 20Th St Bldg. 1, Ocala, FL, 34474
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: ICAACOGNIA
352-861-0700 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Shores Assembly Of God The Elijah School

206 Midway Road, Ocala, FL, 34472
KG-06CoedAssemblies Of GodAccredited: ACTS
352-687-0190 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

St. John Lutheran Church And School Of Ocal

1915 Se Lake Weir Ave., Ocala, FL, 34471
PK-12CoedLutheranAccredited: FLGA-LCMSCOGNIA
352-622-7275 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Marion

Citrus11 Flagler20 Putnam11 St. Johns38 Volusia84

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

Using Step Up in Marion 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. 40 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 Marion 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

Belleview, Citra, Dunnellon, Ocala, Silver Springs, Summerfield

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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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