Brentwood School
1111 NW 55th St., Gainesville, FL 32605Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 178
- Students per teacher
- 7.7
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Gainesville center
- 3.5 miles
Can you use FES / FTC here?
✓ On the official Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA) list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- New families can still apply for 2026-27: the Private School Scholarship (FTC and FES-EO) and the Unique Abilities Scholarship (FES-UA) take new applications until November 15, 2026.
Source: the official list, read October 8, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 27
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 47% boys, 53% girls
- Setting
- City
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 149 to 178, up 29 (19%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (170 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (38)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 4 (20)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 20 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,090
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Florida
- 8 days shorter than the 180-day median of 1,903 schools we list
- School day, against Florida
- 40 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (1,918 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.7 here; median 10.3 at 773 FL elementary schools
- Size in Alachua County
- Larger than 20 of 29 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Brentwood School tuition, and what FES / FTC pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships Education savings account
- Award
- About $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
- How it varies
- 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.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 8, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Brentwood School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees FES / FTC pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Step Up scholarships (FES and FTC) for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Preschool of Gainesville ✓ | PreK-5 | 17 | 1 |
| Newberry Christian Community School ✓ | K-12 | 303 | 2 |
| Shine School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Cornerstone Academy ✓ | K-12 | 167 | 2 |
| Trilogy School ✓ | 2-12 | 82 | 2 |
| Gainesville County Day School ✓ | PreK-5 | 149 | 2 |
| Oak Hall School ✓ | PreK-12 | 817 | 2 |
| Flowers Montessori ✓ | PreK-1 | 7 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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- Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships: amount and eligibility
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Next FES / FTC date: November 15, 2026 (Last day for new 2026-27 Private School and Unique Abilities Scholarship applications).
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