DePaul School – We Teach The Way They Learn

DePaul School

for dyslexia,

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for family,

for you.

Jacksonville's First School
For Dyslexia

DePaul is a nonprofit school for students with dyslexia in greater Jacksonville in grades 2-8.

DePaul School uses a multisensory, Orton-Gillingham approach to Teach The Way They Learn. We’ve helped kids with dyslexia for 43 years!

You can start the 4-step enrollment process with a short tour.

Up Next At DePaul

Families interested in the 2025–26 school year may now tour!

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Re-Enrollment for returning students: January 2025

Open Enrollment for accepted students: February 2025

About Us

DePaul was started by parents (with the help of experts) who wanted to build a school that teaches the way that children with dyslexia learn.

Dyslexia is a genetic learning difference that affects 1 in 5 people, and it's based on neurological wiring.

Dyslexia varies in severity from person to person. One student with mild dyslexia may struggle to learn accurate spelling, while another student with profound dyslexia may require years of instruction to attain literacy.

Ever Wonder What It’s Like to Have Dyslexia?

People who have dyslexia describe as it the ability to read...but it taking a lot of concentration and the letters seems to "jump around".

Dyslexia is characterized by difficulty with learning to read fluently and with accurate comprehension despite normal intelligence. This includes difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, processing speed, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, language skills/verbal comprehension, and/or rapid naming.