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

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 539 private schools belonging to membership associations in Maryland.

The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (18% of schools), Other school association(s) (16% of schools) and National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) (13% of schools).

St. John's Episcopal School Photo - Welcome to St. Johns Episcopal School. Our rigorous, academic program, featuring small class size, coupled with our strong belief in faith-based character education and community service, truly is the model for a balanced and transformational education. Each day, your child will enter an environment with teachers who work collaboratively to inspire and challenge them.

Rockbridge Academy Photo - A joyful, supportive, Christ-centered community where your child can flourish!

Roland Park Country School Photo - What makes RPCS such an empowering school? The unique relationships created between students from K-12. From our kindergarten and 1st graders being paired and performing with our Upper School singing and dancing groups, to Upper School STEM classes hosting probability carnivals for Lower School, or Middle School students speaking to Lower School, we treasure and nurture these bonds.

Glenelg Country School Photo - Upon entering our beautiful 90-acre campus, you first see our Upper School building which also connects to our Athletic Center.

Riverdale Baptist School Photo - The entire student body together for a group photo during Spirit Week in 2012.

Fusion Academy Columbia Photo - Each Fusion campus has a state-of-the-art music studio with professional-grade tools. Students can explore instruments, vocals, songwriting, DJ performing arts, and more.

St. Stephens Classical Christian Academy Photo - At SSCCA, students are actively involved in the learning process. The use of songs and recitation makes learning facts fun.

Goddard School Of Waldorf Photo - Welcome to The Goddard School in Waldorf which is not just a daycare! We serve the Charles County communities of La Plata, St. Charles, White Plains, Accokeek and other nearby areas. We offer programs from Infants to Private Kindergarten and even Before and After school for school-agers.

Bullis School Photo - At Bullis, students thrive in their pursuit of self-discovery, broaden their horizons, and ultimately transform our world.

Fusion Academy Rockville Photo - Classes at Fusion are one-to-one: one student and one teacher per classroom. Students have different teachers for different subjects, and teachers act as mentors in the one-to-one setting.

Landon School Photo - We believe requiring a boy to engage in an array of experiences introduces him to passions and abilities he didn't know he had, which is essential to his emotional, social, physical, and intellectual growth.

Park School of Baltimore Photo - The Park School of Baltimore is an independent, gender-inclusive, non-sectarian progressive Pre-K through Grade 12 school located on a 100-acre campus just minutes from Baltimore city.

Seneca Academy Photo - Our combination of intentionally small class sizes, inquiry-based, International Baccalaureate curriculum, and affordability makes us a unique high-value learning investment for forward-thinking families

Grace Brethren Christian School Photo - New Library Addition

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

Membership Association

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement

166

89%

Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)

377

65%

Agudath Israel of America

AIMSMDDC (Assoc. of independent Maryland and DC Schools)

16,891

37%

Alternative School Network

35%

American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)

3,614

40%

American Montessori Society (AMS)

3,256

40%

Association Montessori International (AMI)

1,099

36%

Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

12,586

45%

Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)

768

59%

Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)

2,187

41%

Association of Independent Maryland And DC Schools (JAIMS)

12,206

34%

Association of LD Schools (ALDS)

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

481

23%

Bilingual School Association

189

60%

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit or Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

584

37%

Christian Schools International (CSI)

1,664

46%

Cognia

8,934

39%

Council of Bilingual Education

129

70%

Educational Records Bureau

1,658

12%

European Council for International Schools

110

Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)

426

49%

Friends Council on Education (FCE)

1,443

46%

General Conference of SDA Church

General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)

985

76%

Institute for Independent Education

602

52%

International Baccalaureate (IB) World School

1,828

36%

International Boys Schools Coalition

1,035

24%

International Coalition of Girls Schools

809

25%

International Montessori Council (IMC)

297

46%

Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)

1,786

41%

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

565

37%

Mercy Secondary Education Association (MSEA)

444

23%

Mid Atlantic Christian Schools Association (MACSA)

590

54%

Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools

23,111

41%

MSA-CESS Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools

1,221

45%

National Association for the Education of Young Children

5,636

41%

National Association of College Admissions Counselors

1,123

26%

National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)

5,081

34%

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)

26,009

35%

National Association of Laboratory Schools

196

63%

National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)

180

National Association of Private Schools

205

19%

National Association of Private Special Education Centers

2,549

50%

National Catholic Education Association

1,681

26%

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

33,658

36%

National Christian School Association (NCSA)

115

National Coalition of Boys Schools

625

15%

National Coalition of Girls

4,502

28%

National Council for Private School Accreditation

1,298

57%

National Honor Society (NHS)

736

27%

National Independent Private Schools Association

2,770

46%

National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)

237

64%

National Lutheran Schools Accreditation

783

18%

National Middle School Association

1,129

15%

National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)

1,692

Network for Mercy Education

513

33%

Northwest Association of Accredited Schools

889

30%

Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).

61%

Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators

14%

Other associations(s) for exceptional children

2,346

56%

Other Montessori association(s)

981

27%

Other religious school association(s)

7,519

23%

Other school association(s)

12,304

37%

Other special emphasis association(s)

1,294

69%

Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools

143

Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)

309

Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)

8,995

27%

Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)

348

68%

State or regional independent school association

11,837

33%

The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)

2,533

39%

Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS)

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America

481

23%

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

Xaverian Brothers School Sponsorship

1,969

48%

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