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What Is The Income Limit For Florida's Private School Scholarship
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Is there one income limit for Florida's private school scholarship?
No. Florida runs several programs at once — FES-EO (private school), FES-UA (students with disabilities), FTC, and PEP (home education) — each under its own statute. The material behind this guide does not list a single specific income figure. Instead, it says the programs use priority tiers based on household income, and that the tier and the income line that applies to your family gets computed from your actual numbers, not from a fixed table we can quote here.
Which program are you even asking about?
- FES-EO — for private school tuition, under Florida Statute 1002.394.
- FES-UA — for students with disabilities, also under 1002.394.
- FTC — Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, under 1002.395.
- PEP — Personalized Education Program, for home education expenses.
Income limits, priority rules, and what each program pays are set separately for each of these. "The private school scholarship" usually means FES-EO, but your child may fit a different program better depending on income, grade, and any IEP/504 or diagnosis.
What we can honestly tell you about income and priority
The programs use income-based priority tiers — families at certain income levels are prioritized for funding, especially when demand is high. But this guide's source material does not give the actual dollar cutoffs, so we are not going to invent numbers. What is true:
- Your priority tier depends on your household income and family size.
- Priority tiers affect how likely you are to get funded, not just how much you get.
- Rules and dollar lines change annually, so a number from last year may not apply now.
What about the award amount?
The actual dollar amount a scholarship is worth depends on the program, your tier, and decisions made each year by the state and the scholarship-funding organisations. This guide's material does not include specific award amounts either. Any estimate you see should be treated as rough, not a promise.
Where and when do you apply?
You apply through the state's designated scholarship-funding organisations, not through the school directly, and not through the state itself. Application windows differ by program and change each school year. The official organisations do not charge fees to apply — be cautious of anything that asks you to pay just to apply.
What to do next
This is general information, not an eligibility decision, legal advice, or educational advice, and it does not guarantee any funding or award — confirm everything with the official state agencies and the scholarship-funding organisations. The free FL School Scholarship Finder tool reads your own household, income, grade, school, and any IEP/504 or diagnosis details, and tells you which program (FES-EO, FES-UA, FTC, or PEP) fits, computes the priority tier and income line for your actual numbers, gives a rough estimate of what it may be worth, and lists the application windows, the funding organisations to apply through, and the documents to have ready.
FL School Scholarship Finder is an informational tool based on Florida Statutes 1002.394 (FES-EO/FES-UA), 1002.395 (FTC), 1002.40 (Hope), and the Personalized Education Program provisions, and on the published guidance of the Florida Department of Education and the Scholarship Funding Organisations, as of the 2025–26 school year. It is not legal or educational advice, does not apply for you, and does not guarantee eligibility, funding or an award. It is not affiliated with the Florida DOE, Step Up For Students, AAA Scholarship Foundation or any school.