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#FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STEP UP FOR STUDENTS FULL#

The scholarship saturation rate (the number of scholarship students as a percentage of all private school students) varied from a low of 18.6% Walton County to 100% in Sumter and Union counties. The average school has room to add another 41 students. Of that number, 167,682 (53.4%) participated in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program or the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options program.Īccording to the survey, the average participating private school serves 155 students an average of 83 students attend on a scholarship. 17-22 and included 2,042 schools, which reporting a total enrollment of 314,246students. At current scholarship growth rates, that number could be reached in 3 to 5 years if those schools do not expand capacity. The survey reports that private schools are operating at 79% capacity with room for an additional 84,442 students. Step Up For Students and EdChoice researchers shows, teachers and innovators are bringing new educational options to the market.

#FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STEP UP FOR STUDENTS FULL#

Florida’s private schools may reach full enrollment capacity in as little as three years according to data from a survey conducted by Step Up For Students, a state-approved nonprofit scholarship funding organization that helps administer four scholarships for Florida schoolchildren.įortunately, hundreds of schools are preparing to grow, and as a special report compiled by

Florida department of education step up for students