Sparking the evolution of education choice
Holy Family Catholic School started its new academic year not with a bang, but a boom. An enrollment boom. “Last year, we had about 360 students,” said Sandy Salem, director of marketing and advancement for the Jacksonville, Florida, school. “This year we jumped to over 420. We hope to continue[Read More…]
COVID-19 rocked K-12 school enrollment overall last year, but private schools were hit especially hard as enrollment declined for the first time in more than a decade. A new report from the Florida Department of Education shows private school enrollment fell by 33,500 students, the steepest decline observed in the[Read More…]
More than three months after the CARES Act appropriated billions of dollars to aid the education of low-income students in public and private schools, most eligible private schools in Florida have yet to see financial relief according to a recent survey of participating private schools conducted by Step Up for[Read More…]
Florida’s private schools saw their biggest enrollment growth in 15 years. Enrollment grew by 22,525 PreK-12 students in the 2016-17 school year. That’s a 6.5 percent increase over the previous year and the second-highest enrollment growth since 2000. According to the new report from the Florida Department of Education, private school students now[Read More…]
Enrollment in Florida’s private schools made a big jump during the 2015-16 school year. Private school enrollment rose by more than 14,000 students, its biggest annual increase since 2002, according to a fresh annual report released by the Florida Department of Education. For the first time in more than a decade,[Read More…]
Florida’s private schools added more than 5,500 students during the recently completed school year, according to new statistics from the state Department of Education. The 1.7 percent enrollment increase in 2015 marks the fourth-straight year of small but significant growth for private schools, and the latest sign they are slowly[Read More…]
When Sarasota Academy of the Arts opens this fall, the Florida K-8 school still will have the feel of the Julie Rohr Academy, the private school it used to be. Small campus. Small classes. A special curriculum devoted to music and the arts. But the new school won’t be a[Read More…]
School funding. Gov. Rick Scott wants to spend additional revenue on public schools, reports the Florida Current. Funding and other education issues are woven through a mid-term progress report on Scott from the Tampa Bay Times. Rezoning. The Seminole school district is swamped with proposals, reports Orlando Sentinel. Affluent parents[Read More…]
