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Best Arkansas Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 126 private schools belonging to membership associations in Arkansas.
The most popular school membership associations are Other school association(s) (28% of schools), Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (20% of schools) and National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (16% of schools).

Top Ranked Arkansas Private Schools by Membership Association (2025-26)

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
7
180
30%
Alternative School Network
1
1,333
20%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
13
1,477
26%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
5
429
29%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
25
7,964
23%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
4
149
21%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
2
269
27%
Bilingual School Association
1
93
48%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
2
656
4%
Cognia
5
1,030
18%
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
1
32
77%
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
8
321
44%
Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
3
684
8%
Institute for Independent Education
2
1,431
19%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
1
76
40%
Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
1
327
26%
National Association for the Education of Young Children
3
306
9%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
3
990
17%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
6
1,630
10%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
20
4,656
28%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
6
1,339
5%
National Independent Private Schools Association
3
1,650
20%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation
1
216
27%
Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)
1
70
100%
Other Montessori association(s)
4
182
42%
Other religious school association(s)
10
2,814
12%
Other school association(s)
35
8,283
14%
Other special emphasis association(s)
3
631
14%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
2
210
17%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
3
572
9%
State or regional independent school association
10
5,435
17%
Texas Association of Accredited Private Schools (TAAPS)
1
144
5%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
1
139
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