Educational Choice in Florida
Education choice isn’t just about charter schools or private schools anymore. Education choice is about giving parents a variety of options for their children. That's where Florida excels.
Giving Parents a Variety of Options
Today, 1.7 million students in Florida attend schools of choice. Most students select from choice programs in their local school district including open enrollment, magnet schools, International Bachelorette programs and career and professional academies. Of these students 1.2 million are choosing options financed by taxpayers or corporate donors.
Scholarship programs run by Step Up For Students, such as the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, Hope Scholarship, Reading Scholarship, and the Family Empowerment Scholarship, constitute a small but vibrant part of Florida’s changing education landscape.
The Florida Education Landscape
Pre-K through 12
Source:
2018-19 Florida Department of Education data.
*The 2018-19 changing landscape cannot be compared with past years due to changes in Survey data.