Florida Special Needs Private School For Sale (No. 26781)

Accredited Florida Private Day School for Dyslexia & ADHD For Sale (No. 26781)

Halladay Education Group (HEG) is offering 100% of the operating company of an accredited Florida private special needs day school (School No. 26781). The School has served bright children with dyslexia, ADHD, and other language-based learning differences for over 50 years. It is full for 2026-27, and its FY2027 budget projects $4.7M in revenue and $0.56M in Adjusted EBITDA.

For five decades, this is where psychologists, pediatricians, and educators have sent capable children who are struggling in a mainstream classroom. It is also where families stay. 97% of students re-enrolled for 2026-27, and the School has never needed to discount tuition to fill a seat.

The School is dual-accredited, debt-free, and run day-to-day by a tenured leadership team, not by its owner. Its funding base is anchored by Florida’s Unique Abilities scholarship, the largest program of its kind in the United States. The program has grown roughly a hundredfold in eleven years, and its cap increases by statute every year.

With a second revenue line already at scale, an unserved high school grade range, and contracted expansion space, this is a platform acquisition, not a single-site purchase.

📋 The School at a Glance

• Location: Florida, United States

• School type: Accredited private special needs day school, elementary and middle school grades

• Students served: Bright children with dyslexia, ADHD and other language-based learning differences

• Operating history: More than 50 years serving one student profile

• Enrollment: 155+ students, capacity 155 to 160, 97% re-enrolled for 2026-27

• Funding: 96% of students hold a Florida scholarship; families fund the balance of the tuition themselves

• FY2026 results: Revenue $4.4M, Adjusted EBITDA $0.42M (9.5% margin), unaudited

• FY2027 budget: Revenue $4.7M (+7.1%), Adjusted EBITDA $0.56M (+34.8%), 12.0% margin

• Real estate: Leased campus with long-term renewal options

• Transaction: 100% interest in the operating school company

• Price: Contact HEG

• Advisor: Halladay Education Group (HEG).

🔑 Key Investment Highlights

• 🏆 Generational Brand, Protected Position: More than 50 years serving one student profile, dual-accredited and approved for all three major Florida scholarship programs. A new entrant would need years to match it.

• 📈 Demand That Proves Itself: Re-enrollment of 97% over the last three years, with families still funding the balance of the tuition.

• 🏛️ A Legislated Funding Tailwind: Florida funds 560,935 scholarship students across four programs (November 2025), and the program built for this School’s students grows by statute every year.

• 💼 A Second Revenue Engine: An established one-to-one tutoring and therapy program earned $0.6M in FY2026, about 13% of revenue. It runs year-round and scales with clinicians, not classrooms.

• 💰 A Verifiable Earnings Inflection: FY2027 revenue is budgeted up 7.1% against expenses up 4.5%, lifting Adjusted EBITDA 34.8%. August and September 2026 have both come in on budget.

• 👥 Turnkey Leadership: The majority of the senior leaders have served for more than a decade. The owner is part-time and not involved in daily operations.

📊 Financial Snapshot (Year Ended June 30)

🎯 Growth Opportunity

• .High School Extension: The School ends before high school, and more than 70% of graduates go on to independent or parochial schools. For an operator with a high school, it is a proven feeder. For one without, it is an upper-grade extension for families who already re-enroll at over 90%.

• Clinical Capacity: The tutoring and therapy program grows by hiring clinicians, not by adding classrooms.

• New 529 Funding Channel: Since January 2026, 529 plans can pay up to $20,000 a year of K-12 tuition, now including tutoring and educational therapy for students with disabilities. With no Florida state income tax, those withdrawals are tax-free at both levels.

• Contracted Expansion Space: The lease provides the School the right to have the landlord build additional enclosed space on a site planned from the start for a second phase.

• Scholarship Mix: The School’s average award sits near the program’s base tier, and the two highest support tiers are not yet represented in its revenue.

• Real Estate Optionality: The landlord has said it is open to selling the building.

🤝 Ideal Buyers

• Specialist education platforms seeking an established brand in the most expansive school choice market in the United States

• Florida K-12 operators seeking a proven feeder into their upper grades, or a specialist lower school they cannot build quickly

• Private equity and family offices seeking a debt-free, asset-light school with management in place and earnings turning up

• Experienced owner-operators seeking a mission-driven school with a clear, funded growth path

Fifty years of reputation cannot be built on a buyer’s timetable. Here, it can be acquired.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What type of school is for sale in School No. 26781?

An accredited Florida private special needs day school that has served bright children with dyslexia, ADHD and other language-based learning differences for more than 50 years. The sale is for 100% of the operating school company.

What are the School’s revenue and EBITDA?

FY2026 revenue was $4.4M with Adjusted EBITDA of $0.42M (unaudited). The FY2027 budget projects revenue of $4.7M and Adjusted EBITDA of $0.56M, a 12.0% margin and an increase of 34.8%.

Is the real estate included?

No. The campus is under a long-term lease with renewal options. The landlord has said it is open to selling the building, so a buyer who wants to own the campus may be able to.

How is the School funded?

96% of students hold a Florida scholarship, led by the Unique Abilities program, which grew from 1,500 students in 2014-15 to more than 140,000 in 2025-26. 

📞 Next Step (Reference School No. 26781)

If you're interested in exploring this opportunity further, please click here to download the Teaser Document.

Qualified buyers are invited to sign HEG’s NDA to receive the Confidential Information Memorandum and begin a formal review. All inquiries go through HEG. Please do not contact the School, its staff, owners or families directly.

Douglas Halladay, Halladay Education Group

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