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Best Minnesota Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 363 private schools belonging to membership associations in Minnesota.
The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (38% of schools), Other school association(s) (18% of schools) and Other religious school association(s) (12% of schools).

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

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
2
5,140
39%
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
13
327
16%
Accreditation International
2
458
38%
Alabama Association of Independent Schools (AAIS)
2
61
16%
Alternative School Network
1
12
-
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
13
1,581
20%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
11
815
12%
Association Montessori International (AMI)
10
1,077
22%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
3
517
26%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
30
8,359
17%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
2
494
13%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
4
864
14%
Association of Military Colleges and Schools
1
588
10%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
2
436
16%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
12
2,589
9%
Cognia
11
4,520
38%
Council of Bilingual Education
1
19
100%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
3
133
25%
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
1
146
16%
General Conference of SDA Church
1
14
8%
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
6
235
69%
Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
17
9,664
30%
Institute for Independent Education
5
1,273
35%
International Baccalaureate (IB) World School
2
609
13%
International Coalition of Girls Schools
1
605
22%
Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
2
692
66%
Mid Atlantic Christian Schools Association (MACSA)
1
623
7%
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
1
317
52%
National Association for the Education of Young Children
26
4,171
31%
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
1
811
-
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
4
2,068
23%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
24
11,833
28%
National Association of Private Schools
1
80
20%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers
1
306
23%
National Catholic Education Association
3
597
30%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
138
34,623
19%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
1
249
10%
National Council for Private School Accreditation
4
929
24%
National Honor Society (NHS)
1
333
8%
National Independent Private Schools Association
3
231
12%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation
11
1,786
11%
National Middle School Association
1
169
47%
Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
2
-
-
Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)
1
866
48%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
1
443
-
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
2
175
100%
Other Montessori association(s)
5
424
9%
Other religious school association(s)
42
6,225
23%
Other school association(s)
66
14,937
21%
Other special emphasis association(s)
13
2,624
28%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
1
86
1%
State or regional independent school association
30
9,134
14%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
2
347
36%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
1
275
23%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA)
7
843
6%

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