✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1254 students18 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Special education schools in Jacksonville, FL
17 in Jacksonville or within 6 miles; schools in Jacksonville itself count at any distance from downtown. 13 are on the state’s FES / FTC list. Schools whose main program is special education.
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 1-1253 students13.2 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed20% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-1216 students8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1224 studentsNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades Ungraded137 students8.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 1-12227 students11.4 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades Ungraded63 students6.3 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades Ungraded42 studentsNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 5-1271 students17.8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-6Under 10 K-12 studentsNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Broach School South
10 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-12151 students12.6 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed38% to 4-year college
Reach Academy
10 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-1222 students3.1 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed50% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 2-8124 students15.5 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades PreK-1243 students4.1 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades PreK-1Under 10 K-12 studentsNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades K-1227 students6.9 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades 11Under 10 K-12 studentsNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Special education schools near Jacksonville by the numbers
- Where
- 16 in Jacksonville, 1 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 1,067 in all; the typical school has 54
- Smallest and largest
- Hope Haven Association, 16 students; North Florida School of Special Education, 227 students
- Students per teacher
- 8.3 typical, 3.1 to 18 across 13 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 1, the National Catholic Educational Association
- To a 4-year college
- 20% of graduates at the typical high school (6 reporting)
- State program
- Education savings account, about $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
How FES / FTC works
- Catholic1
- Nonsectarian16
- Pre-K (and up)5
- Elementary (K to 5)13
- Middle (6 to 8)12
- High school (9 to 12)11
- K to 12, one school7
- Under 506
- 50 to 1496
- 150 to 2992
- Special education schools here76%
- 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.
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