166 Private Schools in Hillsborough, FL

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School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Southshore Montessori II ✓	Apollo Beach	1-6	81	7	Nonsectarian
Baycrest Academy for Creative Learning ✓	Brandon	K-8	20	3.3	Nonsectarian
Bell Shoals Academy ✓	Brandon	PreK-8	428	12.6	Baptist
Brandon Academy ✓	Brandon	PreK-12	263	12	Nonsectarian
Brandon Classical Christian School ✓	Brandon	On the state list; not in the federal survey
Central Baptist Christian School ✓	Brandon	PreK-12	374	17	Baptist
First Baptist Brandon Christian Academy ✓	Brandon	PreK-8	174	10.2	Baptist
First Discoveries Academy ✓	Brandon	PreK-2	16	16	Other religious
Freedom Academy ✓	Brandon	K-12	92	8.4	Christian (nondenominational)
Immanuel Lutheran School ✓	Brandon	PreK-8	164	not reported	Lutheran
Livingstone Academy Exceptional Center ✓	Brandon	On the state list; not in the federal survey
Nativity Catholic School ✓	Brandon	PreK-8	516	14.6	Roman Catholic
Resurrection Christian School ✓	Brandon	K-8	12	not reported	Christian (nondenominational)
Specially Fit ✓	Dover	On the state list; not in the federal survey
Tyndale Christian Academy ✓	Dover	On the state list; not in the federal survey
Future Leaders Preparatory School ✓	Lakeland	K-7	55	18.3	Nonsectarian
Achievers Day School ✓	Lutz	PreK-12	34	not reported	Nonsectarian
Lutz Learning Center ✓	Lutz	PreK-4	30	10	Nonsectarian
Lutz Montessori School ✓	Lutz	PreK-3	10	not reported	Nonsectarian
Mother Teresa of Calcutta ✓	Lutz	K-8	450	17.3	Roman Catholic
Keystone Prep High School ✓	Odessa	9-12	53	not reported	Nonsectarian
Odessa Christian School ✓	Odessa	K-12	59	12.8	Christian (nondenominational)
Faith Christian Academy of Plant City ✓	Plant City	PreK-12	176	11.4	Pentecostal
Plant City Christian Academy ✓	Plant City	PreK-12	252	not reported	Christian (nondenominational)
Center Academy-Riverview ✓	Riverview	5-12	102	13.4	Nonsectarian
Cuttingedge Learning Academy ✓	Riverview	K-12	92	13.1	Roman Catholic
First Baptist of East Bay / East Bay Christian ✓	Riverview	PreK-12	122	11.2	Baptist
Prodigy Academy at Creekside ✓	Riverview	PreK-5	16	not reported	Nonsectarian
Prodigy Early Learning at Winthrop ✓	Riverview	PreK-5	not reported	not reported	Nonsectarian
Providence Christian School ✓	Riverview	PreK-12	201	14.9	Baptist
Riverview Montessori School ✓	Riverview	PreK-5	56	3.4	Nonsectarian
South Bay Academy ✓	Riverview	K-10	not reported	not reported	not reported
St. Stephen Catholic School ✓	Riverview	PreK-8	263	17.5	Roman Catholic
The Academy at True Sanctuary of Praise ✓	Riverview	PreK-5	57	11.4	Christian (nondenominational)
Ruskin Christian School ✓	Ruskin	PreK-12	300	20	Baptist
Hillsborough Baptist School ✓	Seffner	PreK-12	232	13.7	Baptist
Impact Academy School ✓	Seffner	PreK-8	64	8	Nonsectarian
Legacy Christian Academy ✓	Seffner	1-12	39	5.7	Christian (nondenominational)
Livingstone Academy - Seffner ✓	Seffner	K-12	172	not reported	Nonsectarian
New Jerusalem Christian Academy ✓	Seffner	PreK-12	245	16.4	Christian (nondenominational)
NLT Academy ✓	Seffner	K-8	not reported	not reported	not reported
Seffner Christian Academy ✓	Seffner	PreK-12	721	12.5	Baptist
Academy of the Holy Names ✓	Tampa	PreK-12	951	11.6	Roman Catholic
Academy Prep Center of Tampa ✓	Tampa	5-8	123	10.2	Nonsectarian
American Montessori Preparatory School ✓	Tampa	PreK-1	6	not reported	Nonsectarian
American Youth Academy ✓	Tampa	PreK-12	1,008	12.9	Islamic
Apollo Academy ✓	Tampa	K-4	21	8.1	Nonsectarian
Bayshore Christian School ✓	Tampa	PreK-12	352	12.7	Christian (nondenominational)
Beach Park School ✓	Tampa	PreK-8	55	14.1	Nonsectarian
Bible Truth Ministries Academy ✓	Tampa	PreK-12	72	12	Christian (nondenominational)
Cambridge Christian School ✓	Tampa	PreK-12	884	not reported	Christian (nondenominational)
Ces Academy ✓	Tampa	K-12	203	not reported	Christian (nondenominational)
Christ the King Catholic School ✓	Tampa	PreK-8	484	15.6	Roman Catholic
Community Montessori School Civic ✓	Tampa	1-9	80	10.5	Nonsectarian
Corbett Preparatory School of Ids ✓	Tampa	PreK-8	512	7.1	Other religious
Cornerstone Foundation Academy ✓	Tampa	K-7	18	3.6	Baptist
Cristo Rey Tampa Salesian High School ✓	Tampa	9-12	215	11.1	Roman Catholic
Doctors of Academics Learning Academy ✓	Tampa	K-8	20	not reported	Christian (nondenominational)
Early Scholars Learning Academy ✓	Tampa	PreK-2	11	not reported	Nonsectarian
Early Steps Montessori Academy ✓	Tampa	PreK-5	33	2.1	Nonsectarian

The other 106 private schools in Hillsborough, by name

Eastside Preparatory Academy, Tampa
Educated Minds Primary School, Tampa
Evans Christian Academy, Tampa
Faith Outreach Academy, Tampa
Family of Christ Christian School, Tampa
Friendship Christian Academy, Tampa
Grant Park Christian Academy, Tampa
Harmon Prep School, Tampa
Harvest Time Christian School, Tampa
Hebrew Academy of Tampa, Tampa
Hifz Academy, Tampa
Hillel Academy of Tampa, Tampa
Hillsdale Christian Academy, Tampa
Holy Trinity Lutheran School, Tampa
Hope Christian School, Tampa
Huntington Learning Center Day Schoo- Tampa, Tampa
Icon High School, Tampa
Icon Preparatory School, Tampa
Impact Academy South, Tampa
Incarnation Catholic School, Tampa
Jesuit High School, Tampa
Kidz Cove II, Tampa
King's Kid Christian Academy, Tampa
Lake Magdalene Christian School, Tampa
Land of Learning Academy, Tampa
Lee Academy for Gifted Education, Tampa
Legacy Academy, Tampa
Liberty Academy, Tampa
Linabean Academy, Tampa
Manifestations School for Innovation and Le, Tampa
Missionary Christian School, Tampa
Montessori Academy of Tampa Bay, Tampa
Montessori House Day School, Tampa
Montessori House Day School 1, Tampa
Morning Star Catholic School, Tampa
Mount Calvary Junior Academy, Tampa
New East Tampa Academy, Tampa
Northdale Christian Academy, Tampa
Progress Village Christian Academy, Tampa
Scholars Christian Academy, Tampa
South Tampa Microschool, Tampa
Southside Baptist Academy, Tampa
Spark Learning XXIII, Tampa
St. Joseph Catholic School Tampa, Tampa
St. Lawrence Catholic School, Tampa
St. Marys Episcopal Day School, Tampa
St. Peter Claver Catholic School, Tampa
St. Rita Academy of Hope, Tampa
St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, Tampa
Tampa Bay Academy, Tampa
Tampa Bay Christian Academy, Tampa
Tampa Catholic High School, Tampa
Tampa Christian Academy, Tampa
Tampa Day School, Tampa
Tampa Pinnacle Academy, Tampa
Tampa Torah Academy, Tampa
The Encounter Worship Center Christian, Tampa
The Montessori Children's House of Hyde Park, Tampa
The Paideia School of Tampa Bay, Tampa
The Way Christian Academy, Tampa
Town 'n Country Christian Academy, Tampa
Universal Academy of Florida, Tampa
Villa Madonna School, Tampa
Visionary Academy, Tampa
West Gate Christian School, Tampa
Westminster Academy, Tampa
Windsor Learning Academy, Tampa
Corpus Christi Catholic School, Temple Terrace
Florida College Academy, Temple Terrace
Montessori Preparatory School, Temple Terrace
Academy of Montessori International, Thonotosassa
Bayaan Academy, Thonotosassa
Life International Academy, Thonotosassa
Country Day Montessori School-Bloomingdale, Valrico
Easterseals School for Limitless Learning, Valrico
Excel Learning Academy, Valrico
Foundation Christian Academy, Valrico
Grace Christian School, Valrico
Interactive Education Academy, Valrico
Kinovu School of Lithia, Valrico
Livingstone Academy Autism Center, Valrico
North Tampa Christian Academy, Wesley Chapel
Bell Shoals Academy, Apollo Beach
South Shore Montessori School at Waterset, Apollo Beach
Brilliant Microschools, Brandon
Extraordinary Student Education, Gibsonton
Presley Learning Center Academy, Lake City
Livingstone Academy Riverview, Riverview
New Life Tabernacle Academy, Seffner
Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa
Camp K, Tampa
Carrollwood Day School, Tampa
Community Montessori School Webb, Tampa
Digital Academy, Tampa
Huntington Learning Center & Schoo South Tampa, Tampa
Ivy Global School, Tampa
Letta K Lewis Preparatory, Tampa
Montessori Academy of South Tampa, Tampa
Montessori Beach Park School, Tampa
Paideia Classical Christian School, Tampa
Primrose School of Carrollwood, Tampa
Prince Private Academy, Tampa
St. Johns Episcopal Parish Day School, Tampa
Tampa Preparatory School, Tampa
The Goddard School for Early Childhood Devt, Tampa
The Learning Experience, Tampa

Hillsborough private schools at a glance

Towns: 17; the most in Tampa (102), Brandon (13) and Riverview (11)
Among Florida counties: 4th most private schools of 68; 6% of the state’s 2,784
Typical school: 93 students (136 reporting)
Smallest and largest: Digital Academy, 10 students; Berkeley Preparatory School, 1,369 students
Students per teacher: 10.5 typical, 2 to 20 across 109 schools
Programs: 13 Montessori, 9 special education
Co-ed or single-sex: 1 all-boys
Association members: 34, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
To a 4-year college: 50% of graduates at the typical high school (41 reporting)
State program: Education savings account, about $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
How FES / FTC works
Public charter schools: 53 in the county, tuition-free and not counted here
Charter schools in Florida

Affiliation, 166 schools

Catholic14
Christian, not Catholic46
Jewish3
Islamic4
Other faiths2
Nonsectarian43
Not in federal survey55

Grade levels (overlapping), 166 schools

Pre-K (and up)86
Elementary (K to 5)148
Middle (6 to 8)123
High school (9 to 12)81
K to 12, one school58

School size, 136 reporting

Under 5034
50 to 14950
150 to 29921
300 to 59918
600 or more13

On the FES / FTC list: 142 of 166

Hillsborough86%
All of Florida87%

Lowest published tuition, 24 schools

Lowest$5,000Middle$13,645Highest$32,512

Where these facts come from

Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
Program list: Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships schools, list read October 8, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
Award and rules: Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships, official page, read October 8, 2026.
Tuition for 24 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 11, 2026.
Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.

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