First Coast Christian School
7587 Blanding Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32244Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2025-26
- From $8,500
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 577
- Students per teacher
- 16
- Affiliation
- Baptist
- From Jacksonville center
- 9.9 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
School facts
- Teachers
- 38
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 47% boys, 53% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 68%
- Accreditation
- FACCS, COGNIA
- Setting
- City
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Accreditation: Florida Department of Education private school directory, read October 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 511 to 577, up 66 (13%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (539 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (58)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (30)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 44
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,290
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Florida
- Same as the median of the 1,903 private schools we list
- School day, against Florida
- 10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (1,918 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 16 here; median 10 at 850 FL combined schools
- Size in Duval County
- Larger than 127 of 134 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.
First Coast Christian School tuition, and what FES / FTC pays
- Grades K to 5, 2025-26
- $8,500
- Grades 6 to 8, 2025-26
- $9,000
- Grades 9 to 12, 2025-26
- $9,000
- By grade
- Rates vary within these bands (details below)
Tuition from First Coast Christian School's website, checked October 5, 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 First Coast Christian School?
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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
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart School | $8,650 | 2026-27 | 2.3 |
| Lighthouse Christian School Orange Park | $10,500 | 2026-27 | 3.2 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Excellence ✓ | PreK-12 | 97 | 1 |
| Kanvas Academy ✓ | K-3 | 23 | 2 |
| Sacred Heart School ✓ | PreK-8 | 385 | 2 |
| Seven Bridges School ✓ | K-12 | 57 | 3 |
| Builders of the Faith Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-11 | 48 | 3 |
| Geers Exceptional Education Center ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Lighthouse Christian School Orange Park ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Growing Minds Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 18 | 3 |
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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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