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Pinellas County, Florida

Private schools in Pinellas County that take Step Up

109 of the 151 private schools in Pinellas County take a Step Up scholarship. Every one of them is below, with the phone number, straight out of Florida's official state directory.

108
Private school
105
Unique Abilities
8
PEP hybrid
42
No program listed
Private school (108) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. About $8,000 a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (105) 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 (8) Part-time programs that pair with teaching at home. PEP on the forms.
No program listed (42) 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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151 schools · sorted A–Z

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FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Academy Prep Center Of St. Petersburg

2301 22Nd Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33712
05-08CoedAccredited: FCIS
727-322-0800 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Admiral Farragut Academy

501 Park St. North, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33710
KG-12CoedMilitaryAccredited: COGNIAFCIS
727-384-5500 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Allendale Academy Private School, Inc.

2655 Ulmerton Road, Suite 402, Clearwater, FL, 33762
KG-12Coed
727-531-2481 Map Claim this listing

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Calvary Christian High School

110 North Mcmullen Booth Road, Clearwater, FL, 33759
09-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FCISCOGNIAACSI
727-449-2247 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Canterbury School Of Florida Inc.

990 62Nd Avenue Ne, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33702
PK-12CoedEpiscopalianAccredited: FCIS
727-525-1419 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Classical Christian School For The Arts Inc.

6500 102Nd Ave. N., Pinellas Park, FL, 33782
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
727-547-6820 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Clearwater Central Catholic High School

2750 Haines Bayshore Road, Clearwater, FL, 33760
09-12CoedCatholicAccredited: COGNIA
727-531-1449 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Community Christian School Of Five Oaks

7900 22Nd Ave. N, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33710
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
727-954-8856 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Countryside Christian Academy

1850 Mcmullen Booth Road, Clearwater, FL, 33759
KG-08CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: ACSI
727-437-0090 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Espiritu Santo Catholic School

2405-A Philippe Parkway, Safety Harbor, FL, 34695
PK-08CoedCatholicAccredited: FCCAP
727-812-4650 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Esther's School Inc.-Pinellas Park

4400 70Th Ave. N., Pinellas Park, FL, 33781
KG-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FLOCS
727-544-4700 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Grace Lutheran School

4301-16Th Street North, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33703
PK-08CoedLutheranAccredited: FLGA-LCMS
727-527-6213 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Gulf Coast Classical Academy

3166 Mcmullen Booth Rd, Clearwater, FL, 33761
KG-08CoedNon-Denominational
727-490-9999 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Gulfcoast Seventh-Day Adventist School

6001 7Th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33707
KG-11CoedSeventh Day Adventist
727-345-2141 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Higher Learning Christian Academy Inc

1844 54 St So, St Petersburg, FL, 33707
PK-12CoedNon-Denominational
727-543-9903 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Keswick Christian School

10101-54Th Avenue N, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33708
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: ACSICOGNIA
727-393-9100 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

King Queen Christian School For All Student

5540 Park Blvd. Suite 5, Pinellas Park, FL, 33781
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
727-623-0982 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Lakeside Christian School

1897 Sunset Point Road, Clearwater, FL, 33765
KG-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: ACSI
727-461-3311 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Legacy Christian School

40349 Us Hwy 19 N Suite 402, Tarpon Springs, FL, 34689
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
727-942-2832 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Lutheran Church Of The Cross Day School

4545 Chancellor St. Ne., St. Petersburg, FL, 33703
PK-08CoedLutheranAccredited: FCIS
727-522-8331 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Morning Star School Of Pinellas Park

4661 80Th Avenue North, Pinellas Park, FL, 33781
KG-12CoedCatholicAccredited: FCCAP
727-544-6036 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Northbay Christian Academy

2525 N. Mcmullen Booth Rd., Clearwater, FL, 33761
KG-08CoedNon-Denominational
727-462-0134 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Northside Christian School

7777 - 62Nd Ave. N., St Petersburg, FL, 33709
PK-12CoedBaptistAccredited: COGNIAACSI
727-541-7593 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic School

730 San Salvador Drive, Dunedin, FL, 34698
PK-08CoedCatholicAccredited: FCCAP
727-733-3776 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Our Savior Lutheran School

5843 4Th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33707
PK-08CoedLutheranAccredited: FLGA-LCMS
727-344-1026 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Saint Jude Cathedral School

600 58Th Street North, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33710
PK-08CoedCatholicAccredited: FCCAP
727-347-8622 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Saint Paul Catholic School

1900 12Th Street North, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33704
PK-08CoedCatholicAccredited: FCCAP
727-823-6144 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Saint Petersburg Catholic High School

6333 Ninth Avenue North, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33710
09-12CoedCatholicAccredited: COGNIA
727-344-4065 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Saint Petersburg Christian School

2021 62Nd Avenue North, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33702
KG-08CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: COGNIA
727-522-3000 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Skycrest Christian School

129 N. Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL, 33765
PK-08CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: ACSICOGNIA
727-797-1186 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

St. Raphael Catholic School

1376 Snell Isle Blvd. N.E., St. Petersburg, FL, 33704
PK-08CoedCatholicAccredited: FCCAP
727-821-9663 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

The Stepping Stone Daycare Llc

1530 S Fort Harrison Ave, Clearwater, FL, 33756
02-08CoedNon-Denominational
727-735-3013 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Westcoast School For Human Development

1100 N. Martin Luther King Jr., Clearwater, FL, 33755
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
941-587-0477 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

World Academy Of Career Programmes

7901 4Th Street North Suite300, St. Petersburg, FL, 33702
PK-12Coed
202-926-6665 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Pinellas

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

Using Step Up in Pinellas 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. 108 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 Pinellas 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

Belleair Bluffs, Clearwater, Dunedin, Gulfport, Land O Lakes, Largo, Oldsmar, Palm Harbor, Pinellas Park, Safety Harbor, Saint Petersburg, Seminole, St Pete Beach, St Petersburg, St. Pete Beach, St. Petersburg, Tarpon Springs

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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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