The invention discloses a method for separating and recovering scandium in stable zirconia ceramic wastes containing scandium and rare earth. The method comprises the following steps: crushing ceramic wastes firstly, sieving by virtue of a 200-mesh sieve, then dissolving the crushed powder by acid; after heating and concentrating a filtrate, adding potassium chloride, carrying out crystallization to obtain potassium fluozirconate, and separating zirconium from a solution; and washing filter residues, carrying out conversion treatment by using 5-20 percent sodium hydroxide, washing the residues again after treatment, dissolving with acid, extracting scandium by using an extractant so as to realize the separation of scandium and the rare earth, neutralizing an extraction raffinate with alkali, recovering the rare earth from precipitates, and searing to obtain rare earth oxide; and carrying out washing and back extraction on an organic phase for extracting the scandium, precipitating the scandium by oxalic acid, and searing to obtain scandium oxide. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the purity of Sc2O3 is larger than 99 percent, the recovery rate is larger than 90 percent, the recovery rate of the rare earth is larger than 90 percent, and the recovery rate of Zr is larger than 95 percent.