Best Massachusetts Private Schools Belonging To Membership Associations (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 609 private schools belonging to membership associations in Massachusetts.

The most popular school membership associations are Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE) (22% of schools), National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (21% of schools) and National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) (20% of schools).

Fusion Academy Burlington Photo - Classes at Fusion are one-to-one: one student and one teacher per classroom. Students have different teachers for different subjects, and teachers act as mentors in the one-to-one setting.

Fusion Academy Hingham Photo - Classes at Fusion are one-to-one: one student and one teacher per classroom. Students have different teachers for different subjects, and teachers act as mentors in the one-to-one setting.

Bay Farm Montessori Academy Photo - Our Children`s House preschool/pre-k, kindergarten classrooms accommodate children in mixed-age classrooms that provide a safe, stimulating, nurturing, educational, and social foundation for future success.

Fusion Academy Newton Photo - Classes at Fusion are one-to-one: one student and one teacher per classroom. Students have different teachers for different subjects, and teachers act as mentors in the one-to-one setting.

Catholic Memorial Photo - The Class of 2023 applaud their fellow grads during the commencement ceremony

Kingsley Montessori School Photo - Elementary students exploring a geography work. A key component of the Kingsley mission is raising empathetic global citizens-students who care deeply for the world and work together to improve it.

The Sage School Photo - The "Culture of Kindness" fostered at Sage is one of the school's foundational building blocks. Students are taught early and often about the importance of inclusion and are encouraged to make their fellow Sagers feel like they belong.

Miss Hall's School Photo - "The best thing about MHS is how friendly everyone is and how easy it is to become part of the community. I had an abundance of new friends on the first day of orientation, and I had bonded with my teachers by the end of the first week of classes." - Current Student

Commonwealth School Photo - Two blocks from Copley Square, nestled in a pair of brownstones in Boston's Back Bay, the feeling of family persists at Commonwealth, and its location gives students unparalleled access to Boston's resources, fostering meaningful scholarly research, independent projects, and community service.

Stoneleigh-Burnham School Photo - Our challenging and supportive learning environment encourages appropriate risk-taking by providing a safe space for making mistakes. Stoneleigh-Burnham School offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.

Apple Orchard School Photo - Based on Allandale Farm, Apple Orchard students spend much of their time outside: running in fields, feeding the chickens, caring for our barn animals, walking our goats, climbing pudding stone, building tree forts, sledding, stomping in puddles and playing in the mud.

Delphi Academy of Boston Photo - Small class sizes, big thinkers & challenging environment. Caring faculty provide personal, one-on-one attention for every child. Over 40 years of educational experience and success.

Whitinsville Christian School Photo - Our actively engaged, student-focused, distinctively Christian learning environment motivates students to grow in academics, arts, athletics, and other areas, integrating faith into all aspects of the educational experience.

Clark School Photo - Clark School's beautiful New England campus, located in Rowley, MA across from the Ipswich Country Club. Clark offers small class sizes with only 160 students total grades K-12.

Boston Trinity Academy Photo - Graduation 2019

Top Ranked Massachusetts Private Schools by Membership Association (2024)

Membership Association

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)

84%

Alabama Association of Independent Schools (AAIS)

18%

Alternative School Network

14%

American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)

226

57%

American Montessori Society (AMS)

5,097

33%

Association Montessori International (AMI)

818

39%

Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)

Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

4,183

38%

Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)

416

62%

Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)

499

Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE)

131

35,378

24%

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

1,031

13%

Christian Schools International (CSI)

1,055

34%

Cognia

Council of Bilingual Education

19%

Educational Records Bureau

645

20%

European Council for International Schools

217

25%

Friends Council on Education (FCE)

136

34%

General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)

695

68%

Institute for Independent Education

146

21%

International Baccalaureate (IB) World School

1,226

23%

International Boys Schools Coalition

607

43%

International Montessori Council (IMC)

60%

Islamic School League of America (ISLA)

388

67%

Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)

1,735

18%

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

484

20%

National Association for the Education of Young Children

117

9,283

42%

National Association for the Gifted

20%

National Association of College Admissions Counselors

1,198

19%

National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)

1,183

36%

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)

123

36,017

24%

National Association of Laboratory Schools

381

44%

National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)

216

22%

National Association of Private Special Education Centers

1,343

26%

National Catholic Education Association

1,076

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

128

38,925

29%

National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools

208

40%

National Coalition of Boys Schools

853

34%

National Coalition of Girls

4,578

22%

National Council for Private School Accreditation

71%

National Independent Private Schools Association

1,627

27%

National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)

249

31%

National Middle School Association

424

National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)

334

Network for Mercy Education

123

71%

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

112

33,105

26%

New Jersey Association of Independent Schools

13%

Northwest Association of Accredited Schools

200

43%

Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).

352

27%

Other associations(s) for exceptional children

1,563

28%

Other Montessori association(s)

1,995

34%

Other religious school association(s)

2,358

31%

Other school association(s)

14,484

34%

Other special emphasis association(s)

4,235

42%

Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)

283

10%

State or regional independent school association

4,992

35%

The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)

8,033

27%

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America

195

15%

Xaverian Brothers School Sponsorship

565

42%

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