✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 6-12105 students5.1 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed80% to 4-year college
Private schools in Lake Wales, FL
12 schools in Lake Wales itself. 10 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 Lake Wales (12)
No matching schools.
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1251 students8.5 students per teacherPentecostalCo-ed0% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-12203 students14.5 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed33% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-12
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1280 studentsCo-ed
Qiv Tech Academy
2 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-1244 studentsPentecostalCo-ed
Canaan Academy
2 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-860 students12 students per teacherOther religiousCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO)
Grand Academy
1 miGrades Transitional K-1284 students10.5 students per teacherOther religiousCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-1278 students6.9 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Special program emphasisCo-ed
Lake Wales private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- The Vanguard School, 1.0 mi
- Students
- about 705 in all; the typical school has 80
- Smallest and largest
- Namesake Christian Academy, 44 students; Candlelight Christian Academy, 203 students
- Students per teacher
- 10.5 typical, 5.1 to 14.5 across 6 schools
- Association members
- 2, most often the Association of Christian Schools International
- To a 4-year college
- 33% of graduates at the typical high school (4 reporting)
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 14, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in Lake Wales
- Christian, not Catholic3
- Other faiths2
- Nonsectarian1
- Not in federal survey6
- Pre-K (and up)3
- Elementary (K to 5)8
- Middle (6 to 8)9
- High school (9 to 12)8
- K to 12, one school6
- Under 501
- 50 to 1496
- 150 to 2991
- Lake Wales83%
- 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.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 1, 2026.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
Private school tuition near Lake Wales
| School | Published tuition | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Vanguard School | $28,330 | 2026-27 |
Prices from each school’s own website, read in October 2026; fees can be extra. Tuition by state.
Every verified price in Florida, by city and grade.
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
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