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Jewish Day Schools in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida is home to one Jewish day school in our directory. This page lists each one by name, along with grade range and community information where we have it — all sourced from public records. To see which of these schools fit your family's needs, take our 5-minute matching quiz.
Schools tagged with a distance are in nearby cities that families in Sunny Isles Beach also consider. Distances are approximate, measured from the center of the Sunny Isles Beach eruv.
Nearby, nearest first: Scheck Hillel Community School (2 mi) · Yotzer Ohr Miami Torah & Art Academy (2 mi) · Kesher Ld (2 mi) · Michael Ann Russell Jewish Curriculum (2 mi) · Lanaar (2 mi) · Tauber Academy (2 mi) · Intl Torah Academy (2 mi) · Jacobson Sinai Academy (3 mi).
2 early childhood · 2 elementary schools · 4 combined k–12 schools · 1 other jewish schools
Schools in Sunny Isles 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.
Early Childhood (Preschool & Kindergarten) · 2 schools
Programs serving preschool and kindergarten-age children, often as standalone early childhood centers or the youngest grades of a larger school.
Elementary Schools (K–8) · 2 schools
Schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 — some K–5, some K–8, some starting at preschool and ending in 8th grade.
Co-ed
Boys
Combined K–12 Schools · 4 schools
Schools that serve students from kindergarten (or preschool) all the way through grade 12 under one roof.
Co-ed
Boys and Girls (separate classes)
Scheck Hillel Community School
About 2 mi away · Miami
PK-12·Boys and Girls (separate classes)
Public record
Gender mix not specified
Other Jewish Schools · 1 school
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 Sunny Isles Beach
🌸 Spring Mar–May
80° / 76°
Short sleeves, light clothes
Very humid
🎭 Purim🫓 Pesach🌾 Shavuos
☀️ Summer Jun–Aug
86° / 82°
Shorts and short sleeves
Very humid
Sweat stays on you, so shade gives little relief.
🕯️ Tisha B'Av
🍂 Fall Sep–Nov
83° / 79°
Shorts and short sleeves
Very humid
🍎 Rosh Hashanah🕊️ Yom Kippur🌿 Sukkos
❄️ Winter Dec–Feb
76° / 70°
Short sleeves, light clothes
Humid
🕎 Chanukah🌳 Tu BiShvat
Holiday by holiday
- 🍎 Rosh Hashanah (September to early October): highs about 86°F, lows about 82°F, humidity about 77%.
- 🕊️ Yom Kippur (mid September to mid October): highs about 86°F, lows about 82°F, humidity about 77%.
- 🌿 Sukkos (late September to October): highs about 83°F, lows about 80°F, humidity about 78%.
- 🕎 Chanukah (late November to December): highs about 76°F, lows about 71°F, humidity about 77%.
- 🌳 Tu BiShvat (mid January to mid February): highs about 74°F, lows about 68°F, humidity about 75%.
- 🎭 Purim (late February to March): highs about 78°F, lows about 73°F, humidity about 74%.
- 🫓 Pesach (late March to April): highs about 80°F, lows about 76°F, humidity about 75%.
- 🌾 Shavuos (mid May to mid June): highs about 82°F, lows about 78°F, humidity about 75%.
- 🕯️ Tisha B'Av (mid July to mid August): highs about 86°F, lows about 83°F, humidity about 76%.
Monthly averages for the middle of Sunny Isles Beach, 2019–2023 (NASA POWER). Holiday dates move about a month from year to year.
Cost of living and learning near Sunny Isles Beach
Housing in the community area
🏠 Asking price
$495,750
$391 per sq ft
🔑 Rent
$2,064 /mo
🧾 Property tax
$3,856 /yr
💵 Household income
$67,040
How we measured this
ZIP areas: 33009, 33160, 33180, covering the eruv on file, plus the areas around its congregations and schools. Asking price is the median of current listings across those ZIP areas (Realtor.com research data, September 2026); by ZIP: 33160 $599,995 · 33009 $319,500 · 33180 $495,750. Owner-estimated median home value, which lags the market: $397,500. Rent, property tax and income are Census ACS 2020–2024 medians.
Tuition by grade
- Preschool $13,478 · 1 school
- Elementary $20,218–$31,500 · 4 schools
- Middle school $27,450 · 1 school
- High school $29,700 · 1 school
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 Sunny Isles Beach
Congregations in and around Sunny Isles Beach, nearest first, measured from the center of the Sunny Isles Beach eruv. Missing yours, or something looks wrong? Tell us.
- Magen Avraham Congregation Sunny Isles 0.1 mi
- Chabad Lubavitch of Sunny Isles Beach 0.1 mi
- Young Israel of Sunny Isles 0.3 mi
- Chabad Russian Center 0.8 mi
- JCC of Sunny Isles Beach 0.8 mi
- The Willie & Celia Trump Synagogue of Williams Island 0.9 mi
- Chabad of Eastern Shores 0.9 mi
- Chabad of Golden Beach 1.1 mi
See all synagogues and the Jewish community in Sunny Isles Beach →
Other cities in Florida with Jewish schools
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Common questions about Jewish day schools in Sunny Isles 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 Sunny Isles 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?