✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 2-1286 students9.8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed50% to 4-year college
Special education schools in Lake Worth, FL
5 in Lake Worth or within 6 miles. 4 are on the state’s FES / FTC list. Schools whose main program is special education.
Potentia Academy
3 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 6-1234 students7.1 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed75% to 4-year college
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-12165 students9.2 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed75% to 4-year college
The Open Doorway
5 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1250 students10 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Grades 3-1216 students2.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Special educationCo-ed100% to 4-year college
Special education schools near Lake Worth by the numbers
- Where
- 0 in Lake Worth, 5 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 351 in all; the typical school has 50
- Smallest and largest
- Bridges Christian Learning Center, 16 students; Atlantis Academy Palm Beaches, 165 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.2 typical, 2.7 to 10 across 5 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- To a 4-year college
- 75% of graduates at the typical high school (5 reporting)
- State program
- Education savings account, about $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
How FES / FTC works
- Christian, not Catholic1
- Nonsectarian4
- Elementary (K to 5)4
- Middle (6 to 8)5
- High school (9 to 12)5
- K to 12, one school2
- Under 502
- 50 to 1492
- 150 to 2991
- Special education schools here80%
- 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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