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Best Michigan Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 594 private schools belonging to membership associations in Michigan.
The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (29% of schools), Other school association(s) (23% of schools) and Christian Schools International (CSI) (11% of schools).

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

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
1
305
6%
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
15
342
11%
Accreditation International
1
-
-
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
16
2,172
16%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
45
4,061
42%
Association Montessori International (AMI)
3
340
24%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
38
8,382
23%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
1
18
17%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
6
1,143
15%
Association of Independent Michigan Schools (AIMS)
11
4,070
28%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
3
594
25%
Bilingual School Association
1
98
26%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
63
22,804
12%
Cognia
17
7,496
24%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
5
555
9%
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
29
1,186
43%
Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
20
7,599
25%
Institute for Independent Education
2
213
34%
International Baccalaureate (IB) World School
2
395
8%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
2
198
30%
Islamic School League of America (ISLA)
5
815
27%
Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
3
977
55%
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
1
41
8%
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
2
277
29%
MSA-CESS Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
-
-
National Association for the Education of Young Children
41
4,225
21%
National Association for the Gifted
2
502
19%
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
2
802
22%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
3
1,637
12%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
30
11,113
20%
National Association of Laboratory Schools
1
109
5%
National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)
2
664
20%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers
2
90
24%
National Catholic Education Association
4
1,553
7%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
175
43,557
18%
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools
1
65
1%
National Coalition of Girls
1
72
14%
National Council for Private School Accreditation
6
267
10%
National Honor Society (NHS)
1
560
19%
National Independent Private Schools Association
7
753
26%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation
15
2,934
17%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
5
1,346
2%
Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
1
-
-
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
4
284
22%
Other Montessori association(s)
25
2,223
37%
Other religious school association(s)
58
9,355
18%
Other school association(s)
139
29,011
13%
Other special emphasis association(s)
15
3,146
17%
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
1
70
-
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
7
867
20%
State or regional independent school association
45
12,315
17%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
2
2,250
32%
The Jewish Community Day School Association (SSDSA)
1
601
1%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
2
474
25%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA)
2
314
9%

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