Great Heights Academy
9280 Hammocks Blvd 103, Miami, FL 33196Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-6
- Students (K-12)
- 55
- Students per teacher
- 6.9
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Miami center
- 15.6 miles
Can you use FES / FTC here?
Not on the FES / FTC list we read
- About the list
- How the FES / FTC list works
- 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: FES / FTC official source, read October 8, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 8
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Special education
- Boys and girls
- 71% boys, 29% girls
- Accreditation
- FCIS
- Setting
- Suburb
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Accreditation: Florida Department of Education private school directory, read October 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 75 to 55, down 20 (27%)
- Path
- Peaked at 148 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- 5 grades (9 each)
- Smallest grade
- Kindergarten (4)
- Average a grade
- About 8
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 5 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 900
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Florida
- Same as the median of the 1,903 private schools we list
- School day, against Florida
- 120 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (1,918 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.9 here; median 10.3 at 773 FL elementary schools
- Size in Miami-Dade County
- Larger than 189 of 455 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.
Great Heights Academy 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 Great Heights Academy?
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Tuition and fees FES / FTC pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Other private schools nearby
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|---|---|---|---|
| Unique Explorers Academy ✓ | PreK-3 | 23 | <1 |
| Lifted Academy ✓ | PreK-4 | 52 | <1 |
| Town Center Preschool ✓ | K-5 | 49 | <1 |
| Kingdom Academy ✓ | PreK-5 | 209 | <1 |
| Happy Memories Learning Center ✓ | K-5 | 68 | 1 |
| Future Leaders Academy of Kendall ✓ | PreK-5 | 36 | 1 |
| Mini Me Learning Center III ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| Bright Futures Preschool ✓ | PreK-1 | 12 | 1 |
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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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