✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 7-12101 studentsCo-ed
Private schools in Merritt Island, FL
7 schools in Merritt Island itself and 19 more within 6 miles. 22 of them are on the state’s FES / FTC list. Florida’s FES and FTC scholarships average about $8,000, set by county and grade.
Order: schools on the official FES / FTC list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Merritt Island (7)
No matching schools.
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-12521 studentsBaptistCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-344 students14.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Alpha Leraning
8 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-623 students7.7 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed
Faces
10 mi✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1214 students4.7 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1220 studentsBaptistCo-ed
Grades 7-12127 studentsNonsectarianAlternativeCo-ed
Nearby, within 6 miles (19)
No matching schools.
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1218 studentsChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 2-1214 students14 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8232 studentsRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-1Under 10 K-12 studentsCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-329 students6.7 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades 4-1114 students6.7 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-661 students5.8 students per teacherEpiscopalCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-7156 students17.3 students per teacherPentecostalCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-697 students8.4 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-1211 students3.7 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades Transitional 1st-12Under 10 K-12 studentsChristian (nondenominational)Special program emphasisCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-12103 studentsChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-847 students9.4 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades K-1277 studentsOther religiousCo-ed
✓ Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA)Grades PreK-8144 studentsRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades K-12182 students25.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)AlternativeCo-ed80% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-394 students9 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Devereux School
6 miGrades 1-12133 students9.5 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Merritt Island private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Anchor Academic Center of Excellence, 2.7 mi
- Nearby schools by town
- Rockledge (11), Cocoa (3), Cocoa Beach (2) and Melbourne (2)
- Students
- about 2,279 in all; the typical school has 77
- Smallest and largest
- Creative Learning, 11 students; Merritt Island Christian School, 521 students
- Students per teacher
- 8.4 typical, 3.7 to 25.6 across 15 schools
- Programs
- 2 Montessori, 5 special education
- Association members
- 3, most often the American Montessori Society
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 3, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in this state
- Christian, not Catholic7
- Nonsectarian9
- Not in federal survey10
In Merritt IslandWithin 6 mi
- Pre-K (and up)12
- Elementary (K to 5)23
- Middle (6 to 8)21
- High school (9 to 12)14
- K to 12, one school8
In Merritt IslandWithin 6 mi
- Under 5010
- 50 to 1499
- 150 to 2993
- 300 to 5991
- Merritt Island area85%
- 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.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
What Florida pays
- Program
- Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships, education savings account
- Award
- About $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
- Also
- For 2026-27 the table runs from $7,463 (grades 9-12, lowest county) to $12,217 (grades K-3, Monroe County). Students with disabilities average about $10,000 under FES-UA.
Keep looking
- Christian schools in and around Merritt Island (11)
- Special education schools in and around Merritt Island (5)
- Private high schools in and around Merritt Island (14)
- Private elementary schools in and around Merritt Island (23)
- Private middle schools in and around Merritt Island (21)
- Private schools with kindergarten in and around Merritt Island (19)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Merritt Island (12)
- All schools in Brevard County
- Private schools in Rockledge (4 mi)
- Private schools in Cocoa (7 mi)
- Private schools in Melbourne (14 mi)
- Private schools in West Melbourne (18 mi)
- Private schools in Titusville (20 mi)
- Private schools in Palm Bay (24 mi)
- Private schools in St. Cloud (37 mi)
- Private schools in Oviedo (39 mi)
- Private schools in Orlando (41 mi)
- Private schools in Winter Springs (45 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships schools
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