Morningside Academy
2180 SE Morningside Blvd, Port St. Lucie, FL 34952Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-12
- Students (K-12)
- 690
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- Affiliation
- Friends
- From Port St. Lucie center
- 5.5 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
- 56
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 45% boys, 55% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 85%
- Accreditation
- FACCS, COGNIA
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- 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
- 538 to 690, up 152 (28%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (596 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 (76)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (29)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 35; lower grades 61
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 50 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,410
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Florida
- Same as the median of the 1,903 private schools we list
- School day, against Florida
- 50 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (1,918 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12.3 here; median 10 at 850 FL combined schools
- Size in St. Lucie County
- Largest of the 35 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.
Morningside Academy 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 Morningside Academy?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Saint Lucie Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 95 | <1 |
| The Pure Academy ✓ | K-11 | 195 | <1 |
| The Pure Academy ✓ | PreK-5 | 192 | <1 |
| Foundations Academy of Port St. Lucie ✓ | PreK-5 | 72 | 2 |
| Altitude Academies | 4-12 | 136 | 2 |
| Christ Lutheran School ✓ | K-12 | 123 | 2 |
| Ivy League Academy ✓ | K-8 | 120 | 4 |
| Dalton Learning Center & Academy ✓ | K-6 | 135 | 5 |
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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