Barbaras Kitchen School of Excellence (Bkse)
17050 N Us Highway 301 Unit 1, Citra, FL 32113Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-12
- Students (K-12)
- 20
- Students per teacher
- 10
- Affiliation
- Other religious
- From Ocala center
- 15.4 miles
Can you use FES / FTC here?
✓ On the official Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA) list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- New families can still apply for 2026-27: the Private School Scholarship (FTC and FES-EO) and the Unique Abilities Scholarship (FES-UA) take new applications until November 15, 2026.
Source: the official list, read October 8, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 2
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 85% boys, 15% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 0%
- Setting
- Rural
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 31 to 20, down 11 (35%)
- Path
- Peaked at 53 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 8 (6)
- Smallest grade
- 5 grades (1 each)
- Average a grade
- About 2
- High school grades
- Average 1; lower grades 3
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,440
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Florida
- Same as the median of the 1,903 private schools we list
- School day, against Florida
- 60 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (1,918 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10 here; median 10 at 850 FL combined schools
- Size in Marion County
- Larger than 3 of 36 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Barbaras Kitchen School of Excellence (Bkse) tuition, and what FES / FTC pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships Education savings account
- Award
- About $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
- How it varies
- 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.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 8, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Barbaras Kitchen School of Excellence (Bkse)?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees FES / FTC pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Step Up scholarships (FES and FTC) for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Destiny Leadership Academy | K-5 | 39 | 11 |
| The Reading Clinic School ✓ | K-8 | 29 | 12 |
| New Horizon Academy for Exceptional Students ✓ | 7-11 | 6 | 12 |
| First Assembly Christian School & Daycare ✓ | PreK-12 | 444 | 14 |
| Crossroads Academy ✓ | 3-12 | 114 | 14 |
| Montessori Preparatory School of Ocala ✓ | PreK-5 | 58 | 14 |
| Victory Academy Ocala ✓ | PreK-8 | 100 | 14 |
| Ocala Adventist Academy ✓ | K-8 | 27 | 14 |
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Next FES / FTC date: November 15, 2026 (Last day for new 2026-27 Private School and Unique Abilities Scholarship applications).
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