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By type & communityIndependent & Secular Schools in Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades
12 independent & secular schools are registered with the state in Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades, and 8 are flagged for the Florida Private School Scholarship ($8,494 K-3 · $7,896 4-8 · $7,701 9-12 in 2026-27). The airport, seaport and Federal Highway belt south of the New River, where Griffin Road and State Road 84 feed neighborhoods that run toward Dania Beach.
Copied from the state record. School details here come from the Florida Department of Education Private School Directory (Broward district), pulled October 28, 2026. The scholarship flags are the state's own participation flags for that date. Florida does not collect tuition, so ask the school for its price.
Funding note: Religious schools are not the only ones that qualify. A participating independent campus receives the identical Broward award.
What does the state flag on these independent & secular schools here mean, and what does it not?
Of the 12 independent & secular schools here, 8 carry the state's FTC/FES-EO flag; the flag shows participation and nothing more.
| It means | It does not mean | |
|---|---|---|
| FTC/FES-EO flag | 8 schools: registered to receive the Private School Scholarship | 4 schools: not flagged, so call before assuming either way |
| FES-UA flag | 8 schools: can receive Unique Abilities money | A guarantee that the school has an opening or the staff for your child's diagnosis |
| Website and enrollment | 9 list a website and 12 reported enrollment to the state | Tuition, which Florida does not collect |
| School | Type | Community | Grades | State scholarship | FES-UA / PEP | Accredited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Academy Fort Lauderdale 2250 SW 31st Ave, Fort Lauderdale 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-12 | ✓ FTC/FES-EO | ✓ | — |
| American School of Excellence 1931 Cordova Rd, Fort Lauderdale 33316 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-12 | Not listed | — | — |
| Baldwin Academy Preparatory School II 1161 SW 30 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | PK-5 | ✓ FTC/FES-EO | ✓ | ✓ |
| Broward Children's Center 3891 Stirling Road, Dania Beach 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | PK-8 | Not listed | — | — |
| Compass Outreach and Education Center 1600 SW 5th Place, Fort Lauderdale 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-12 | ✓ FTC/FES-EO | ✓ · PEP | ✓ |
| Diamond Minds Transformational Leadership Academy 3150 SW 13th Court, Fort Lauderdale 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | PK-12 | ✓ FTC/FES-EO | ✓ | — |
| Gtg Ft.lauderdale/Lauderhill Learning Center 3625 W Broward Blvd, Lauderhill 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-12 | Not listed | — | — |
| International Montessori School 114 SW 10th St Ste B, Fort Lauderdale 33315 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-K | Not listed | — | — |
| Jacklyn Academy 325 SW 27th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-12 | ✓ FTC/FES-EO | ✓ | — |
| Madelaine Halmos Academy 1315 W Broward Blvd, Fort Lauderdale 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-5 | ✓ FTC/FES-EO | ✓ | — |
| Permission To Succeed Education Center 100 SW 9th Avenue Ste 1, Fort Lauderdale 33312 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-12 | ✓ FTC/FES-EO | ✓ · PEP | ✓ |
| Sunset Sudbury School 2300 SW 15 Ave, Fort Lauderdale 33315 | Independent & Secular Schools | Southwest Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach & Port Everglades | K-12 | ✓ FTC/FES-EO | ✓ | — |
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