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Okaloosa County, Florida

Private schools in Okaloosa County that take Step Up

21 of the 27 private schools in Okaloosa 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 (21) 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 (0) Part-time programs that pair with teaching at home. PEP on the forms.
No program listed (6) 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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Grow With Us Learning Academy I

648 Anchors Street Nw Unit 3A, Fort Walton Bea, FL, 32548
KG-KGCoed
850-586-7897 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Rocky Bayou Christian School - The Keep

1000 37Th Street, Niceville, FL, 32578
06-08CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FACCS
850-279-3770 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Rocky Bayou Christian School Crestview

951 S Ferdon Blvd, Crestview, FL, 32536
KG-05CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FACCS
850-279-3770 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Rocky Bayou Christian School Nfcea

2101 North Partin Drive, Niceville, FL, 32578
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FACCSCOGNIA
850-279-3770 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Okaloosa

Escambia49 Santa Rosa21

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

Using Step Up in Okaloosa 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.

No school in Okaloosa County is flagged PEP hybrid right now. PEP money still works here — it just goes to curriculum, tutoring and materials rather than to a part-time school program.

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

Baker, Crestview, Destin, Fort Walton Bea, Fort Walton Beach, Mary Esther, Niceville, Shalimar

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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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