Top 10 Best Minnesota Private Schools Belonging To National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 24 private schools belonging to national association of independent schools (nais) serving 13,106 students in Minnesota. You can also find more schools membership associations in Minnesota.
The best top ranked belonging to national association of independent schools (nais) private schools in Minnesota include Mounds Park Academy, Breck School and Friends School Of Minnesota.
The average tuition cost is $26,224, which is higher than the Minnesota private school average tuition cost of $7,825.
58% of private schools belonging to national association of independent schools (nais) in Minnesota are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Episcopal).

Top Ranked Private Schools Belonging To National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) in Minnesota (2024)

School
Location
Grades
Students
Mounds Park Academy
Mounds Park Academy Photo - Mounds Park Academy is a PreK-12 independent private school on 32 acres in Saint Paul, Minnesota that has offered a rigorous, college-preparatory experience since 1982. Here, students gain deep, comprehensive content knowledge to prepare them to forever dream big and do right.
(21)
2051 Larpenteur Avenue E
Saint Paul, MN 55109
(651) 748-5577
Grades: PK-12
| 582 students
6600 Nicollet Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55423
(612) 798-2600
Grades: 9-12
| 623 students
4330 Cedar Lake Road S
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(952) 381-3500
Grades: K-8
| 171 students
Benilde-St Margaret's School
Benilde-St Margaret's School Photo - Members of the Class of 2022 process from BSM to this year's convocation ceremony.
(Catholic)
(3)
2501 Highway 100 S
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(952) 927-4176
Grades: 7-12
| 1,185 students
The Blake School
The Blake School Photo - Educators at the Middle School, located on Blake's Hopkins campus, help some 340 students continue to thrive as they enter adolescence.
110 Blake Road S
Hopkins, MN 55343
(952) 988-3420
Grades: PK-12
| 1,358 students
511 Kenwood Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(952) 988-3420
Grades: PK-12
| 1,333 students
Breck School
(Episcopal)
123 Ottawa Ave N
Minneapolis, MN 55422
(763) 381-8201
Grades: PK-12
| 1,134 students
Friends School Of Minnesota
(Friends)
(1)
1365 Englewood Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55104
(651) 917-0636
Grades: K-8
| 144 students
Groves Academy
Groves Academy Photo - Groves Academy is a renowned place of learning that nurtures and encourages brilliance within students with learning challenges. We understand the emotional pain that results when a child is struggling to learn. Our goal is to empower students entering 1st-12th grades to gain the skills and confidence they need to achieve lasting success.
Special Education School
3200 Highway 100 S
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(952) 920-6377
Grades: 1-12
| 277 students
Marie Staffanson
Marie Staffanson Photo - Students in grades PK-5 attend school at Blake's Highcroft campus in Wayzata.
110 Blake Road South
Hopkins, MN 55343
(952) 988-3420
Grades: PK-12
| 1,333 students
Marshall School
Marshall School Photo - Marshall School in Duluth, Minnesota.
(1)
1215 Rice Lake Rd
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 727-7266
Grades: K-12
| 458 students
Minnehaha Academy
Minnehaha Academy Photo - Students have the unique opportunity to design, build and send an experiment to the International Space Station. Minnehaha Academy is the only school in the Midwest with this program.
(Christian)
(13)
3100 West River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55406
(612) 728-7722
Grades: NS-12
| 895 students
St. Charles Borromeo School
St. Charles Borromeo School Photo
(Catholic)
2727 Stinson Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55418
(612) 781-2643
Grades: PK-8
| 350 students
1150 Goodrich Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105
(651) 698-2451
Grades: K-12
| 918 students
Saint Thomas Academy
Saint Thomas Academy Photo
All-boys (Catholic)
(2)
949 Mendota Heights Road
Saint Paul, MN 55120
(651) 683-1516
Grades: 6-12
| 588 students
Shattuck-St. Mary's School
Shattuck-St. Mary's School Photo - The Whitney Arch welcomes visitors to the upper school campus
(Episcopal)
1000 Shumway Avenue
Faribault, MN 55021
(800) 421-2724
Grades: 6-12
| 408 students
Visitation School
Visitation School Photo - Middle School students escort Lower Schoolers to the school opening flag raising in September.
(Catholic)
(6)
2455 Visitation Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55120
(651) 683-1705
Grades: PK-12
| 599 students
Franklin Academy
Franklin Academy Photo
Special Education School
1001 Boone Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55427
(952) 737-6900
Grades: 1-12
| 91 students
Holy Family Academy
(Catholic)
5925 W Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(952) 925-9193
Grades: PK-8
| 159 students
Many Rivers Montessori
Montessori School
Jefferson Square, 916 E 3rd Street
Duluth, MN 55805
(218) 464-5570
Grades: PK-8
| 113 students
St. Anne Continuation School
(Catholic)
511 N 4th St
Le Sueur, MN 56058
(507) 665-2489
Grades: PK-5
| 131 students
St. Dominic Continuation School
(Catholic)
216 Spring St N
Northfield, MN 55057
(507) 645-8136
Grades: PK-8
| 142 students
St. Peter's Catholic Continuation School
(Catholic)
(1)
34 Main Street
Hokah, MN 55941
(507) 894-4375
Grades: PK-8
| 38 students
Southside Family Charter School
Special Program Emphasis
2123 Clinton Ave So
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 872-8322
Grades: NS-8
| 76 students

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