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Best Alabama Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 277 private schools belonging to membership associations in Alabama.
The most popular school membership associations are Other school association(s) (24% of schools), American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) (16% of schools) and Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (14% of schools).

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

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
7
3,430
13%
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
19
1,184
38%
Alabama Association of Independent Schools (AAIS)
12
3,571
20%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
43
5,139
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
11,896
37%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
10
2,603
29%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
8
2,641
4%
Association of Military Colleges and Schools
2
219
29%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
1
195
13%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
1
748
18%
Cognia
35
13,087
23%
Educational Records Bureau
1
596
6%
European Council for International Schools
1
1,227
10%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
3
321
12%
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
5
248
77%
Institute for Independent Education
1
-
-
International Baccalaureate (IB) World School
1
629
99%
Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
1
145
50%
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
3
402
57%
National Association for the Education of Young Children
4
784
20%
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
2
1,210
14%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
7
2,661
11%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
18
7,728
14%
National Association of Laboratory Schools
1
70
47%
National Association of Private Schools
2
262
68%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers
1
224
6%
National Catholic Education Association
1
157
18%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
31
8,415
34%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
10
4,871
18%
National Council for Private School Accreditation
7
1,126
22%
National Honor Society (NHS)
1
58
83%
National Independent Private Schools Association
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%
Society For Classical Learning
1
596
6%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
1
74
6%
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)
39
12,761
26%
Southern Association of Independent Schools
11
4,470
11%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
12
3,380
14%
State or regional independent school association
24
6,697
16%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
3
509
18%
The Jewish Community Day School Association (SSDSA)
1
62
6%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
1
195
13%

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