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

For the 2026-27 school year, there are 573 private schools belonging to membership associations in Georgia.
The most popular school membership associations are Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC) (19% of schools), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) (18% of schools) and Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (15% of schools).

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • # Private Schools: 573

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • # Private Schools: 573

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

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Accelerated Christian Education (School of Tomorrow) (ACE)
30
840
32%
Alabama Independent School Association (AISA)
2
57
28%
Alternative School Network
1
365
25%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
35
4,734
24%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
23
2,301
44%
Association for Middle Level Education (formerly NMSA) (AMLE)
1
584
14%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
19
2,446
36%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
87
27,594
28%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
2
93
22%
Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS)
9
1,826
20%
Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS)
1
71
10%
Association of LD Schools (ALDS)
1
152
19%
Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
1
-
-
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA)
2
325
31%
Atlanta Association of Independent Schools (AAAIS)
36
22,346
20%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
3
872
8%
Cognia (formerly AdvancED / SACS CASI / NCA CASI) (Cognia)
76
30,585
24%
Council of Bilingual Education (PVSR legacy category)
4
454
28%
Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS)
1
1,324
22%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
2
289
16%
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
2
199
50%
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Education) (GCSDAC)
17
1,535
57%
Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC)
109
24,209
24%
Georgia Association of Christian Schools (GACS)
30
5,540
26%
Georgia Private School Accreditation Council (GAPSAC)
20
3,970
34%
Institute for Independent Education (PVSR legacy category)
5
603
20%
International Baccalaureate World School (IB)
3
2,010
25%
International Coalition of Girls' Schools (formerly NCGS) (ICGS)
3
106
73%
International League of Christian Schools (ILCS)
2
1,594
13%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
1
62
50%
Islamic School League of America (ISLA)
3
764
60%
Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS)
4
1,334
26%
Montessori Educational Programs International (MEPI)
2
142
33%
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
47
4,848
37%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
7
3,340
14%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
71
40,246
21%
National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS)
5
1,124
60%
National Association of Private Schools (NAPS)
2
299
23%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
3
306
53%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
35
13,843
29%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
2
347
12%
National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA)
5
928
28%
National Independent Private School Association (NIPSA)
10
2,013
22%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation (NLSA)
1
130
33%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
3
427
13%
Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).
1
313
52%
Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)
1
44
100%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
1
99
7%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
4
612
38%
Other Montessori association(s)
17
1,585
37%
Other religious school association(s)
32
3,650
27%
Other school association(s)
87
16,149
23%
Other special emphasis association(s)
16
2,266
26%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
2
123
41%
South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA)
1
657
3%
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
104
52,775
24%
Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)
68
34,233
18%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
9
1,540
30%
State or regional independent school association
47
14,827
17%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
3
1,484
26%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN)
1
245
25%
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (Accrediting Commission for Schools) (ACS WASC)
2
457
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