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Best Alabama Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026-27)

For the 2026-27 school year, there are 276 private schools belonging to membership associations in Alabama.
The most popular school membership associations are Other school association(s) (24% of schools), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) (16% of schools) and American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) (16% of schools).

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • # Private Schools: 276

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • # Private Schools: 276

Top Ranked Alabama Private Schools by Membership Association (2026-27)

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Accelerated Christian Education (School of Tomorrow) (ACE)
19
1,216
39%
Alabama Independent School Association (AISA)
12
3,592
24%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
43
5,159
19%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
9
934
26%
Association for Experiential Education (AEE)
1
70
47%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
1
-
-
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
40
11,915
37%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
9
2,535
31%
Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS)
8
2,641
4%
Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
2
219
23%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA)
1
195
13%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
1
748
18%
Cognia (formerly AdvancED / SACS CASI / NCA CASI) (Cognia)
35
13,322
23%
Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS)
1
1,227
10%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
3
321
12%
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Education) (GCSDAC)
5
258
79%
Institute for Independent Education (PVSR legacy category)
1
-
-
International Baccalaureate World School (IB)
1
629
99%
Jesuit Schools Network (formerly JSEA) (JSN)
1
145
50%
Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS)
3
444
61%
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
4
784
20%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
7
2,674
11%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
18
7,768
16%
National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS)
1
70
47%
National Association of Private Schools (NAPS)
2
294
71%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
1
224
6%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
32
8,540
33%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
10
4,861
18%
National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA)
6
1,036
25%
National Independent Private School Association (NIPSA)
6
1,247
20%
Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)
2
510
55%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
1
61
5%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
3
457
64%
Other Montessori association(s)
3
171
44%
Other religious school association(s)
22
3,264
15%
Other school association(s)
66
13,240
27%
Other special emphasis association(s)
9
2,758
17%
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (absorbed SSDSA) (Prizmah)
1
62
6%
Society for Classical Learning (SCL)
1
596
6%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
1
74
6%
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
44
15,894
26%
Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)
11
4,517
12%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
12
3,374
14%
State or regional independent school association
24
6,844
18%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
3
502
47%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN)
1
195
13%

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