Florida pays about $8,000 a year toward your child's private school.
Every K-12 student in Miami-Dade qualifies — no income cap. 486 local private, church and Jewish schools accept it. We show you every source, every deadline, and how to stack them so you pay as close to nothing as possible.
Per K-3 student, 2026-27 — the Florida Private School Scholarship in Miami-Dade. $8,140 for grades 4-8, $7,942 for 9-12.
Miami-Dade private schools accept it, out of 687 registered with the state. Every one is in our directory.
Deadline for new families to apply for this school year. The 2027-28 season opens February 1.
Income cap on the state scholarship and on our partner fund for church-run schools.
Almost nobody in Miami pays sticker price.
A typical family stacks two or three sources. Here is what that looks like for a K-5 church school in Hialeah at $9,800.
Illustrative example. Scholarship amount is the published 2026-27 Miami-Dade K-3 award; school pricing and partner award vary by school and household.
Funding sources for Miami-Dade families
Universal, disability-based, homeschool, pre-K, Catholic, Jewish, federal, partner — we track them all and tell you which ones fit.
Florida Private School Scholarship (FTC / FES-EO)
The big one. Every Florida K-12 student is eligible regardless of income. In Miami-Dade it pays $8,745 (K-3), $8,140 (4-8) or $7,942 (9-12) for 2026-27, directly to the private school.
Who qualifies →Disability ESA · ~$10,000Unique Abilities Scholarship (FES-UA)
An education savings account for students age 3 through grade 12 with a qualifying diagnosis or IEP. Pays for tuition, therapies, tutoring, curriculum and more.
Who qualifies →Homeschool ESA · ~$8,000Personalized Education Program (PEP)
Florida's education savings account for families who direct their child's education outside a full-time private school — homeschool, hybrid, microschool, tutors, online courses.
Who qualifies →Free · Every 4-year-oldFlorida VPK (Free Voluntary Pre-K)
Every Florida 4-year-old gets a free pre-kindergarten year — 540 instructional hours during the school year or 300 in summer — at hundreds of private, church and independent providers in Miami-Dade.
Who qualifies →Income-based · Ages 0-12School Readiness (Child Care Assistance)
Miami-Dade's child care subsidy for working families, paid to participating private and church-run centers and schools.
Who qualifies →New · Jan 2027Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (2027)
Florida opted in to the new federal scholarship tax credit program on January 28, 2026. Beginning in 2027, donors receive a dollar-for-dollar federal credit for gifts to approved scholarship organizations, and Florida families receive the scholarships.
Who qualifies →Your scholarship buys more than a seat in a classroom
Unique Abilities and PEP accounts — and leftover scholarship funds — pay for tutoring, speech and ABA therapy, curriculum, home internet, music lessons, sports, museum trips and college credit. We explain the 2026-27 rule for every category.
Tutoring
Part-time tutoring is one of the most-used categories in Miami-Dade scholarship accounts — and the one with th…
Rules →Reading intervention & dyslexia programs
Structured-literacy programs (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, Barton, Lindamood-Bell style) are purchasable as tutor…
Rules →Speech-language therapy
Speech-language pathology is one of the five specialized services named in Florida statute for Unique Abilitie…
Rules →Occupational & physical therapy
OT and PT are specialized services under FES-UA when delivered by Florida-licensed therapists or a Florida hos…
Rules →ABA therapy (autism)
Applied Behavior Analysis is explicitly named in Florida's FES-UA statute and is the largest single therapy sp…
Rules →Curriculum & curriculum materials
Full curricula, individual courses and self-paced online programs are eligible across all three programs, with…
Rules →Online courses & virtual school
Florida distinguishes between self-paced courses (curriculum), live instruction from an FLDOE-approved online …
Rules →Laptops, tablets & digital devices
This is the category that changed most for 2026-27: devices are now prohibited on PEP, while FES-UA still allo…
Rules →How Miami Edu Funding works
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We build your funding stack
A School Funding Advisor matches you to every source you're eligible for and the deadlines that apply — including ones your school never mentioned.
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We connect you to schools that accept your funding, walk you through EMA, and track the quarterly enrollment deadlines so nothing slips.
Every private school in Miami-Dade, verified against the state record
All 687 schools registered with the Florida DOE — grades, affiliation, accreditation, disabilities served, and whether the school accepts the state scholarship.
Catholic Schools
Archdiocese of Miami parish and independent Catholic schools, PK through 12.
44 schools →Christian Schools
Baptist, Pentecostal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Adventist, Lutheran, non-denominational and other Protestant schools.
125 schools →Church-Run Schools
Schools operated by a local congregation, usually on the church campus, often PK-8 or PK-12 with small classes.
11 schools →Jewish Day Schools
Yeshivas, community day schools and Hebrew academies across the beaches and northeast county.
30 schools →Islamic & Other Faith Schools
Islamic academies and schools of other faith traditions.
6 schools →Independent & Secular Schools
Non-religious private schools — college prep, bilingual, Montessori, arts and STEM-focused academies.
482 schools →Unique Abilities & Learning Differences
Schools that report serving students with autism, specific learning disabilities, ADHD/OHI, speech-language and other diagnoses.
366 schools →Preschool, VPK & Early Learning
PK-only programs and PK-K schools, including church preschools.
55 schools →By community: Hialeah & Hialeah Gardens · Miami Lakes · Miami Gardens & Opa-locka · North Miami · North Miami Beach, Aventura & Sunny Isles · Miami Beach & Key Biscayne · Upper East Side, Miami Shores & Little River · Wynwood, Little Haiti & Design District · Liberty City, Allapattah & Overtown · Downtown, Brickell & Edgewater · Little Havana, Shenandoah & Coral Way · Coral Gables & Coconut Grove · South Miami & Pinecrest · Flagami, Westchester & Sweetwater · Doral & Miami Springs · Kendall · West Kendall, The Hammocks & Country Walk · Palmetto Bay & Cutler Bay · Goulds, Princeton & Richmond Heights · Homestead & Florida City
Partner with Miami Edu Funding
We send you families who already have funding lined up. Congregations thinking about launching a school get a Florida start-up playbook and access to our partner's funding.
Deadlines, funding news and school choice in Miami-Dade
Five weeks left: new Miami families can still apply for the 2026-27 Private School Scholarship
The November 15 deadline for new applicants is the last chance to get funded this school year. Here's the checklist.
Read →Sep 29, 2026Florida's federal scholarship tax credit starts January 2027 — what it means for Miami families
Governor DeSantis opted Florida in. Step Up will administer. Here's the layer it adds on top of the state scholarship.
Read →Sep 22, 2026Miami-Dade private schools by the numbers: 687 registered, 486 take state scholarships
We pulled every private school registered with the Florida DOE in Miami-Dade. Here's what the data says about where choice is working.
Read →Find out what your family qualifies for
A 2-minute funding check. A School Funding Advisor calls you back — no sales pitch, no obligation.