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Best Catholic Pre-K Schools in Pinellas County with scholarships

Independent rankings of Catholic Pre-K schools in Pinellas County, built from director interviews and verified data — never from school payments.

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AdmitCompass tracks 13 catholic pre-k-level schools in Pinellas County. Annual tuition ranges from $5.4K/yr to $15.2K/yr, with a median of $9.5K/yr across schools that publish a number. Saint Petersburg has the highest concentration with 3 schools, followed by Clearwater (2). 13 of these schools accept Florida Step Up / FES scholarships — roughly 100% of the list — so families using state-funded scholarships have real choice here.

Catholic schools accept students of all faiths but typically prioritize parish families. Tuition is well below independent-school rates, and most participate in Florida Step Up scholarships. Every school is re-verified through direct outreach to admissions teams; data is refreshed on a 180-day cadence and timestamped on each profile.

See also: Under $20K/yr, Tuition-Free.

Showing 10 of 13 Pinellas County schools
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    Holy Family

    Saint Petersburg·Pinellas County·Grades KG-08·~199 students

    Accepts scholarshipsCatholicCo-edAffordable
    Tuition$10.1K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~199
How we rank these schools

Built relationships, not scrapers. AdmitCompass ranks schools using a composite score that blends four signals: enrollment size (a proxy for stability and program breadth), tuition reasonableness within the local market, freshness of our most recent verification, and a small bonus for schools with full admissions detail published on their profile.

Public data comes from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE), the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and each school's own admissions pages. The information that actually matters to most families — acceptance rates, deadlines, what a director cares about — comes from direct interviews with school directors and admissions coaches across our active markets.

We do not publish scoring weights or per-axis thresholds. That keeps the moat intact: the rankings reflect actual conversations with people inside schools, not a formula anyone with a crawler could clone. Every profile is re-verified on a 180-day cadence, and the "last updated" date is timestamped on every school page.

Read the full methodology.

Frequently asked questions

What's the average tuition for pre-k schools in Pinellas County?
Across the 13 schools on this list, annual tuition ranges from $5.4K/yr to $15.2K/yr, with a median of $9.5K/yr. Many schools offer financial aid, sibling discounts, or accept Florida Step Up / FES scholarships — check each school's detail page for current aid policy.
How competitive is admission in Pinellas County?
Admissions selectivity ranges from open-enrollment (most charters and parish schools) to highly selective (top independent K-12 programs). Each school's profile page lists deadlines, test requirements, and any published acceptance rate.
Do these schools accept Step Up / FES scholarships?
13 of the 13 schools on this page accept Florida's Step Up For Students / FES-EO / FES-UA scholarships. That covers most or all of tuition for income-eligible families. Each school's detail page lists the specific scholarship programs accepted.
What's the smallest and largest school on this list?
Morning Star School Of Pinellas Park is the smallest with 107 students; Saint Jude Cathedral School is the largest at 475. Smaller schools tend to offer more direct teacher contact and tighter community; larger schools usually have more elective and extracurricular breadth.
Is this list updated?
Yes. We re-verify school data on a 180-day cadence through direct contact with admissions teams, plus cross-checks against FLDOE, NCES, and published school sources. Each school profile shows the date of its most recent verification.

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Data last updated May 28, 2026. Rankings reflect director interviews and public DOE/NCES data. How we verify and rank.