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Sarasota County, Florida

Private schools in Sarasota County that take Step Up

40 of the 55 private schools in Sarasota 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 (40) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. About $8,000 a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (40) 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 (1) Part-time programs that pair with teaching at home. PEP on the forms.
No program listed (15) 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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No scholarship program listed

Active Learning Academy / Pinnacle School

1181 S. Sumter Blvd 153, North Port, FL, 34287
KG-12Coed
800-990-5432 Map Claim this listing

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FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Englewood Christian School

571 Medical Drive, Englewood, FL, 34223
KG-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: CGACS
941-208-5773 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Foundations Christian Montessori Academy

4141 Desoto Road, Sarasota, FL, 34235
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: COGNIAFLOCS
941-907-7078 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UAPEP hybrid

Liberty Christian Academy Of Sarasota

2923 Ashton Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231
KG-07CoedNon-Denominational
941-886-4522 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Precious Jewels Academy

5001 N. Washington Blvd., Sarasota, FL, 34234
PK-12CoedMulti/ Inter/ Trans-Denominational
941-360-1122 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Providence Community School

5600 Deer Drive, Sarasota, FL, 34240
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FCCPSA
941-727-6860 Map Claim this listing
FES-EOFTCFES-UA

Sarasota Christian School

5415 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota, FL, 34232
PK-12CoedNon-DenominationalAccredited: FCIS
941-371-6481 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Sarasota

DeSoto4 Manatee43 Charlotte13

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

Using Step Up in Sarasota 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 Sarasota 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

Bradenton, Englewood, Lakewood Ranch, Nokomis, North Port, Osprey, Sarasota, Venice

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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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