Layer one: the state award
$8,429 for K-3, $7,837 for 4-8 and $7,644 for 9-12 in Hillsborough for 2026-27. At many church-run schools in East Tampa, Brandon and Plant City, that alone is most of the bill.
Layer two: the school
Need-based aid, sibling discounts and congregation-member pricing. Catholic families add parish rates.
Layer three: everything else
Community and faith-based funds, the Edu Fund partner scholarship at participating schools, and — starting January 2027 — the federal scholarship tax credit.
Younger children
VPK makes the four-year-old year free, and School Readiness can cover child care for qualifying working families.
Get the stack for your family
The two-minute funding check matches your child's grade, your part of the county and the kind of school you want to every source that applies.
Next step
Complete the two-minute funding check. A School Funding Advisor will map every source your family qualifies for and hand you the deadlines.