Discovery Academy
227 N Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater, FL 32132Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2025-26
- $8,500
- Grades
- K-8
- Students (K-12)
- 180
- Students per teacher
- 20
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Edgewater center
- 3.4 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
- Tuition verified for 2025-26; the 2026-27 award is subtracted only from a 2026-27 price. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 9
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 53% boys, 47% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 107 to 180, up 73 (68%)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Every grade
- 20 students, kindergarten to grade 8
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Florida
- Same as the median of the 1,903 private schools we list
- School day, against Florida
- About the median of 7 hours (1,918 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 20 here; median 10.3 at 773 FL elementary schools
- Size in Volusia County
- Larger than 41 of 59 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.
Discovery Academy tuition, and what FES / FTC pays
- Grades K to 5, 2025-26
- $8,500
- Grades 6 to 8, 2025-26
- $8,500
Tuition from Discovery Academy's website, checked October 11, 2026.
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 Discovery Academy?
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Tuition and fees FES / FTC pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (grades K to 5, 2025-26).
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- Whether its published 2025-26 tuition is still current; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Explorers Montessori ✓ | PreK-3 | 6 | <1 |
| Knight's Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-10 | 60 | 2 |
| Upward Trend Academy ✓ | K-8 | 39 | 2 |
| Bethel Christian Academy ✓ | K-9 | 20 | 3 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 233 | 3 |
| Creative Pathways Preparatory Academy ✓ | K-12 | 38 | 6 |
| Space Coast Christian Academy ✓ | 1-11 | 23 | 9 |
| Wise Independent Private School System | 2-11 | 8 | 9 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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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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