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Best Arkansas Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026)

For the 2026 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 (2026)

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
439
29%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
25
8,097
22%
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
192
40%
Other religious school association(s)
10
2,947
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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