✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8400 students13.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Fort Lauderdale, FL
8 in Fort Lauderdale or within 6 miles. 7 are on the state’s FES / FTC list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8245 studentsRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 9-122,094 students18.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed99% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8226 students16.1 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8215 students10.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 9-121,031 students14.1 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed78% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8501 students15.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-8229 students16.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools near Fort Lauderdale by the numbers
- Where
- 6 in Fort Lauderdale, 2 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 4,941 in all; the typical school has 400
- Smallest and largest
- St. Jerome Catholic School, 215 students; St. Thomas Aquinas High School, 2,094 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.7 typical, 10.4 to 18.4 across 7 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 7, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Verified tuition
- St. Anthony Catholic School $11,500; Cardinal Gibbons High School $16,250
- State program
- Education savings account, about $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
How FES / FTC works
- Pre-K (and up)6
- Elementary (K to 5)6
- Middle (6 to 8)6
- High school (9 to 12)2
- 150 to 2994
- 300 to 5992
- 600 or more2
- Catholic schools here88%
- All of Florida87%
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 2 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 2, 2026.
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