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Okeechobee County, Florida

Private schools in Okeechobee County that take Step Up

4 of the 5 private schools in Okeechobee 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 (4) Step Up's "Private School Scholarship". The paperwork calls it FTC or FES-EO. In Okeechobee County: $8,743 (K–3), $8,138 (4–8), $7,939 (9–12) a year toward tuition.
Unique Abilities (4) 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 (1) 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.

What the Step Up scholarship is worth in Okeechobee County (2026–27)

Per child, per year, by grade

$8,743
K–3
$8,138
4–8
$7,939
9–12

For 2026-27, Step Up For Students' official award schedule sets the Private School Scholarship (FTC and FES-EO) and PEP amount for a student who lives in Okeechobee County at $8,743 for grades K-3, $8,138 for grades 4-8 and $7,939 for grades 9-12. The amount follows where the student lives, not where the school is.

Unique Abilities (FES-UA) is paid on a different schedule, set by each student's needs.

Source: Step Up For Students, 2026-27 Scholarship Amounts by District (PDF). Award amounts last reviewed: October 19, 2026.

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5 schools · sorted A–Z

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Okeechobee Christian Academy

701 South Parrott Avenue, Okeechobee, FL, 34974
KG-12CoedMulti/ Inter/ Trans-DenominationalAccredited: COGNIAFCCPSA
863-763-3072 Map Claim this listing
No scholarship program listed

Trinity Christian Private School

1857 Hwy 441 Se, Okeechobee, FL, 34974
KG-12CoedNon-Denominational
863-623-6500 Map Claim this listing
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Counties near Okeechobee

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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 Okeechobee County

Almost everyone calls this the Step Up scholarship. For a Okeechobee County student it is worth $7,939 to $8,743 per child per year for private school in 2026–27, depending on grade (see the table above), and since 2023 there has been no household income cap. 4 schools here take it. If the four different program names are confusing, here is the whole thing in one page.

No school in Okeechobee 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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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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