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Walton County, Florida

Private schools in Walton County that take Step Up

12 of the 15 private schools in Walton 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 (12) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. About $8,000 a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (12) 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 (3) 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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15 schools · sorted A–Z

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Pleasant Ridge Christian Academy

1015 Pleasant Ridge Rd, Defuniak Spring, FL, 32435
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
850-890-7213 Map Claim this listing

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There are 12 schools in Walton 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

The Tree House Episcopal Montessori School

480 N. Cty Hwy 393, Santa Rosa Beach, FL, 32459
PK-KGCoedEpiscopalian
850-622-9771 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Walton

Bay21 Gulf2 Holmes2 Washington5 Jackson5

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

Using Step Up in Walton 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. 12 schools here take it. If the four different program names are confusing, here is the whole thing in one page.

No school in Walton 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

Defuniak Spring, Defuniak Springs, Freeport, Inlet Beach, Miramar Beach, Santa Rosa Beach

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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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