✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1251 students8.5 students per teacherPentecostalCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Christian schools in Lake Wales, FL
4 in Lake Wales or within 6 miles. 3 are on the state’s FES / FTC list. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
✓ 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-1244 studentsPentecostalCo-ed
Grades PreK-1278 students6.9 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Special program emphasisCo-ed
Christian schools near Lake Wales by the numbers
- Where
- all 4 in Lake Wales
- Students
- about 376 in all; the typical school has 78
- Smallest and largest
- Namesake Christian Academy, 44 students; Candlelight Christian Academy, 203 students
- Students per teacher
- 8.5 typical, 6.9 to 14.5 across 3 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 1, the Association of Christian Schools International
- State program
- Education savings account, about $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
How FES / FTC works
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.
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