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Jewish Day Schools in Delray Beach, Florida
There is 1 Jewish day school operating in Delray Beach, Florida — one of 112 Jewish day schools across Florida. Below is what we know about each, sourced from public filings. To find the right fit for your grade and community preference, take our quiz.
Schools tagged with a distance are in nearby cities that families in Delray Beach also consider. Distances are approximate, measured from the center of the Delray Beach eruv.
Nearby, nearest first: Katz Hillel Day School of Boca Raton (2 mi) · Weinbaum Yeshiva High School (2 mi) · Donna Klein Jewish Academy (2 mi) · Yeshiva Tiferes Torah of Boca Raton (2 mi) · Hadar South Florida High School for Girls (2 mi) · Yeshivas Lev Simcha Inc (3 mi) · Katz Yeshiva High School of S Fla (3 mi) · Kadima Day School of Boca Raton (5 mi).
1 elementary schools · 4 high schools · 2 combined k–12 schools · 2 other jewish schools
Schools in Delray Beach, by level
Scroll to the level that matches your child’s age. Within each level, schools are grouped by whether they serve boys, girls, or co-ed classes.
Elementary Schools (K–8) · 1 school
Schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 — some K–5, some K–8, some starting at preschool and ending in 8th grade.
High Schools (9–12) · 4 schools
Schools serving grades 9 through 12, including yeshivas, mesivtas, Bais Yaakov high schools, and Modern Orthodox and community high schools.
Co-ed
Girls
Hadar South Florida High School for Girls
About 2 mi away · Boca Raton
9-12·Girls
NCES 2023-24 · IRS 990 FY2021
Gender mix not specified
Combined K–12 Schools · 2 schools
Schools that serve students from kindergarten (or preschool) all the way through grade 12 under one roof.
Girls
Gender mix not specified
Other Jewish Schools · 2 schools
Schools in our directory where we don't yet have a structured grade range on file.
What to consider when evaluating a Jewish day school
Choosing a Jewish day school involves more than convenience. Families typically weigh religious orientation, academic rigor, tuition affordability, and the specific grade range a school serves. Posted tuition is rarely what most families actually pay — almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and many families receive meaningful assistance through need-based aid, scholarship funds, state vouchers or education savings accounts, or staff tuition benefits if a parent works at the school. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family.
No schools match these filters.
About Jewish education in Florida
Florida has one of the fastest-growing Jewish day school populations in the country, concentrated in South Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties) with additional schools in Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville. Florida operates large and growing school-choice programs (Family Empowerment Scholarship and Personalized Education Program) that can meaningfully offset Jewish day school tuition for qualifying families.
A year in Delray Beach
🌸 Spring Mar–May
81° / 73°
Short sleeves, light clothes
Very humid
🎭 Purim🫓 Pesach🌾 Shavuos
☀️ Summer Jun–Aug
86° / 80°
Shorts and short sleeves
Very humid
Sweat stays on you, so shade gives little relief.
🕯️ Tisha B'Av
🍂 Fall Sep–Nov
83° / 76°
Shorts and short sleeves
Very humid
🍎 Rosh Hashanah🕊️ Yom Kippur🌿 Sukkos
❄️ Winter Dec–Feb
76° / 67°
Short sleeves, light clothes
Humid
🕎 Chanukah🌳 Tu BiShvat
Holiday by holiday
- 🍎 Rosh Hashanah (September to early October): highs about 86°F, lows about 79°F, humidity about 80%.
- 🕊️ Yom Kippur (mid September to mid October): highs about 86°F, lows about 79°F, humidity about 80%.
- 🌿 Sukkos (late September to October): highs about 84°F, lows about 77°F, humidity about 80%.
- 🕎 Chanukah (late November to December): highs about 76°F, lows about 68°F, humidity about 79%.
- 🌳 Tu BiShvat (mid January to mid February): highs about 74°F, lows about 65°F, humidity about 76%.
- 🎭 Purim (late February to March): highs about 79°F, lows about 70°F, humidity about 74%.
- 🫓 Pesach (late March to April): highs about 82°F, lows about 73°F, humidity about 75%.
- 🌾 Shavuos (mid May to mid June): highs about 83°F, lows about 75°F, humidity about 76%.
- 🕯️ Tisha B'Av (mid July to mid August): highs about 87°F, lows about 81°F, humidity about 80%.
Monthly averages for the middle of Delray Beach, 2019–2023 (NASA POWER). Holiday dates move about a month from year to year.
Cost of living and learning near Delray Beach
Housing in the community area
🏠 Asking price
$290,700
$211 per sq ft
🔑 Rent
$2,078 /mo
🧾 Property tax
$3,634 /yr
💵 Household income
$80,448
How we measured this
ZIP areas: 33437, 33446, 33484, 33496, covering the areas around the congregations and schools. Asking price is the median of current listings across those ZIP areas (Realtor.com research data, September 2026); by ZIP: 33446 $214,400 · 33484 $192,500 · 33437 $367,000 · 33496 $924,225. Owner-estimated median home value, which lags the market: $442,500. Rent, property tax and income are Census ACS 2020–2024 medians.
Tuition by grade
- Preschool $13,950–$60,000 · 2 schools
- Elementary $10,000–$25,000 · 4 schools
- Middle school $25,000 · 1 school
- High school $17,450–$24,390 · 3 schools
Published rates for 2025–26 and 2026–27 at the schools above, before aid. Bars run from $0 to $60,000. See what you would pay after aid →
Florida: taxes and help with tuition
💸 Income tax
None on wages
No state tax on wages
🎓 State scholarship
Up to $10,697
Family Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities +2 more. No income cap.
🏛️ Federal credit
Opted in
Opted in to the federal credit; awards begin 2027.
Program details checked 2026-08-16.
Homeschooling in Florida
Notice
Notify the county school superintendent in writing within 30 days of starting.
Testing or review
Annual evaluation filed with the superintendent: teacher review, normed test, or other agreed tool.
Subjects or hours
No school-day requirement; parent keeps a portfolio (activity log, work samples) 2 years.
Parent
Parent need not hold a Florida teaching certificate.
Checked 2026-10-27 against leg.state.fl.us. Rules change and can differ by district; confirm with your district before you start.
Jewish communities near Delray Beach
Congregations in and around Delray Beach, nearest first, measured from the center of the Delray Beach eruv. Missing yours, or something looks wrong? Tell us.
- Congregation Torah Ohr 0.9 mi
- Temple Beth Shalom 0.9 mi
- Temple Beth Shira 0.9 mi
- The Neshamah Institute 0.9 mi
- Congregation Shaarei Kodesh 1.2 mi
- Chabad of West Boca Raton 1.8 mi
- Boca Raton Synagogue West 1.8 mi
- Boca Jewish Center 1.9 mi
See all synagogues and the Jewish community in Delray Beach →
Other cities in Florida with Jewish schools
Miami (16) · Boca Raton (12) · North Miami Beach (12) · Miami Beach (11) · Hollywood (6) · Jacksonville (5)
Common questions about Jewish day schools in Delray Beach, Florida
What's the difference between a Jewish day school and a yeshiva?
Both teach a dual curriculum combining Judaic studies with general academic subjects, but "yeshiva" typically refers to schools in the yeshivish or Orthodox tradition with a heavier Torah-study focus. "Jewish day school" is the broader umbrella. See our guide to how Jewish schools differ.
Do we need to be religious to send our children?
No. Many Jewish day schools — particularly community and pluralistic schools, Conservative-movement schools, and Modern Orthodox schools that accept all affiliations — serve families across the full observance spectrum. Some schools require synagogue membership or minimum observance; most don't.
Is the posted tuition what we'll actually pay?
Usually not. Almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and the "collected average" tuition across the cohort is typically 30–40% below the posted rate. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family, and each school can tell you what it offers.
How do families afford Jewish day school tuition?
Public school is free; Jewish day schools copied its format and have to be paid for. Most schools set tuition family by family, through a committee that reviews tax returns and financial documents, so what a family pays depends on what the school judges it can afford. Schools generally do not publish how those amounts are calculated or what other families pay. Donations cover a large share of revenue, much of it from a small number of families, and working families in the middle tend to carry the most, since the cost multiplies with every child. Where staff children attend the school their parent works for, tuition is often part of the compensation package, and it is worth more with each child. Details vary by school. Our article How Yeshiva Day School Tuition Really Works shows the numbers.
How do we pick the right school for our family?
The practical fit factors are grade range, religious orientation (hashkafa), community character, distance from home, and what the tuition actually comes to after aid. Our matching quiz asks about each of these in about five minutes and produces a shortlist of schools that fit your family specifically.
Not sure which school fits?
Answer five questions about your child's grade, your location, and your community preferences — we'll show you the schools that match in Delray Beach, Florida.
Start the matching quiz →Related reading
- →Jewish School Tuition Assistance: Every Way to Pay LessState vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, Federation funds and school aid.
- →What Is a Jewish Day School?A plain-language guide for families new to Jewish education.
- →Types of Jewish SchoolsHow to tell the main types apart — Modern Orthodox, yeshivish, Chabad, pluralistic.
Data sourced from the federal NCES Private School Survey and IRS Form 990 filings where available. We do not publish street addresses, phone numbers, enrollment counts, or our internal classification data. Research methodology · Missing a school?