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

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 797 private schools belonging to membership associations in New Jersey.
The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (23% of schools), National Association for the Education of Young Children (16% of schools) and Other school association(s) (13% of schools).

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

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
5
274
65%
Accreditation International
1
186
43%
Agudath Israel of America
1
315
-
Alabama Association of Independent Schools (AAIS)
1
7
17%
Alternative School Network
1
214
97%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
10
1,151
35%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
57
5,808
53%
ASAH Private Special Education
36
2,708
43%
Association for Experiential Education (AEE)
2
402
39%
Association Montessori International (AMI)
4
331
31%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
4
372
10%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
37
6,067
48%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
6
1,208
54%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
3
814
38%
Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS)
6
1,063
27%
Association of LD Schools (ALDS)
1
85
11%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
1
149
2%
Bilingual School Association
1
80
68%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
7
1,509
25%
Cognia
29
7,356
25%
Council of Bilingual Education
5
422
50%
European Council for International Schools
9
889
24%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
3
400
38%
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
5
1,083
43%
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
3
105
100%
Institute for Independent Education
3
1,054
53%
International Baccalaureate (IB) World School
7
1,882
57%
International Boys Schools Coalition
2
112
56%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
3
272
66%
Islamic School League of America (ISLA)
7
2,213
50%
Jesuit Schools Network
1
889
50%
Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
2
882
21%
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
4
209
23%
Mercy Secondary Education Association (MSEA)
1
281
13%
Mid Atlantic Christian Schools Association (MACSA)
3
302
15%
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
99
27,082
36%
MSA-CESS Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools
14
2,246
32%
National Association for the Education of Young Children
131
11,026
37%
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
3
1,595
32%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
9
1,100
34%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
75
24,045
35%
National Association of Laboratory Schools
2
101
44%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers
59
4,145
45%
National Association of Secondary School Principals
1
148
18%
National Catholic Education Association
8
2,457
25%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
180
55,215
38%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
2
2,805
2%
National Coalition of Girls
6
1,963
29%
National Council for Private School Accreditation
2
761
31%
National Independent Private Schools Association
10
816
27%
National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)
2
378
44%
National Middle School Association
2
625
18%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
32
17,659
2%
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
62
19,721
38%
New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS)
1
103
-
Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).
3
314
23%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
2
338
2%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
42
3,884
49%
Other Montessori association(s)
19
1,778
60%
Other religious school association(s)
38
9,432
45%
Other school association(s)
102
15,408
48%
Other special emphasis association(s)
39
5,474
42%
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
3
667
3%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
3
627
36%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
2
213
96%
State or regional independent school association
25
7,697
43%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
4
2,382
60%
The Jewish Community Day School Association (SSDSA)
1
485
1%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
1
149
2%

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