Our Career Centered Academy
PO Box 1236, Lake Alfred, FL 33850Open, per Google (checked Oct 12, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 99
- Students per teacher
- 9.9
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Lake Alfred center
- 3.2 miles
Can you use FES / FTC here?
Not on the FES / FTC list we read
- About the list
- How the FES / FTC list works
- 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: FES / FTC official source, read October 8, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 10
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Special education
- Boys and girls
- 81% boys, 19% 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
- 86 to 99, up 13 (15%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (89 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 12 (15)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (2)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 11; lower grades 6
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 170
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours 25 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,430
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Florida
- 10 days shorter than the 180-day median of 1,903 schools we list
- School day, against Florida
- 85 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (1,918 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 9.9 here; median 10 at 850 FL combined schools
- Size in Polk County
- Larger than 41 of 77 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.
Our Career Centered Academy tuition, and what FES / FTC pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 14, 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 Our Career Centered Academy?
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Skills Academy - Campus 1 ✓ | K-12 | 86 | <1 |
| Life Skills Academy - Campus 2 ✓ | 8-12 | 44 | <1 |
| Treasures of Life Academy ✓ | K-10 | 16 | 3 |
| Ambassadors Christian Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| The Children of the King Enrichment Ctr ✓ | PreK-12 | 13 | 4 |
| A Joyful Noise Learning Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 6 | 4 |
| Future Scholars Christian Academy ✓ | K-12 | 51 | 4 |
| St. Joseph Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 450 | 4 |
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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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