Blue Jay Academy West Volusia
under 1 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-1273 students10.4 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Private schools in Deland, FL
9 schools in Deland itself and 4 more within 6 miles. 12 of them are on the state’s FES / FTC list. Florida’s FES and FTC scholarships average about $8,000, set by county and grade.
Order: schools on the official FES / FTC list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Deland (9)
No matching schools.
Deland Preparatory Academy
under 1 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 5-12101 students16.8 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed80% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-541 students3.7 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
T.O.P Academy
1 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO)Grades 1-815 students7.5 students per teacherPentecostalCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8218 students13.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8356 students12.2 students per teacherEpiscopalCo-ed
Casa Montessori
2 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-981 students11.6 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8184 students12.4 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-9136 studentsChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Nearby, within 6 miles (4)
No matching schools.
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-12190 students14.6 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed100% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-878 students8.7 students per teacherBaptistMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1026 students8.7 students per teacherOther religiousSpecial educationCo-ed
Blue Jay Academy of South Daytona
under 1 miGrades K-1277 students6.3 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Deland private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Blue Jay Academy West Volusia, under 1 mi
- Nearby schools by town
- Lake Helen (2)
- Students
- about 1,576 in all; the typical school has 81
- Smallest and largest
- T.O.P Academy, 15 students; St. Barnabas Episcopal School, 356 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.6 typical, 3.7 to 16.8 across 12 schools
- Programs
- 3 Montessori, 3 special education
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 4, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 3, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in this state
- Catholic1
- Christian, not Catholic4
- Other faiths1
- Nonsectarian6
- Not in federal survey1
In DelandWithin 6 mi
- Pre-K (and up)8
- Elementary (K to 5)13
- Middle (6 to 8)12
- High school (9 to 12)7
- K to 12, one school3
In DelandWithin 6 mi
- Under 503
- 50 to 1496
- 150 to 2993
- 300 to 5991
- Deland area92%
- All of Florida87%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships schools, list read October 8, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships, official page, read October 8, 2026.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
What Florida pays
- Program
- Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships, education savings account
- Award
- About $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
- Also
- For 2026-27 the table runs from $7,463 (grades 9-12, lowest county) to $12,217 (grades K-3, Monroe County). Students with disabilities average about $10,000 under FES-UA.
Keep looking
- Christian schools in and around Deland (5)
- Montessori schools in and around Deland (3)
- Special education schools in and around Deland (3)
- Private high schools in and around Deland (7)
- Private elementary schools in and around Deland (13)
- Private middle schools in and around Deland (12)
- Private schools with kindergarten in and around Deland (11)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Deland (8)
- All schools in Volusia County
- Private schools in Lake Helen (4 mi)
- Private schools in Orange City (6 mi)
- Private schools in Deltona (9 mi)
- Private schools in Sanford (16 mi)
- Private schools in Daytona Beach (16 mi)
- Private schools in Port Orange (18 mi)
- Private schools in Lake Mary (18 mi)
- Private schools in South Daytona (20 mi)
- Private schools in New Smyrna Beach (20 mi)
- Private schools in Edgewater (21 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships schools
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