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Best Ohio Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026-27)

For the 2026-27 school year, there are 744 private schools belonging to membership associations in Ohio.
The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (41% of schools), Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (15% of schools) and Other religious school association(s) (13% of schools).

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • # Private Schools: 744

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • # Private Schools: 744

Top Ranked Ohio Private Schools by Membership Association (2026-27)

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Accelerated Christian Education (School of Tomorrow) (ACE)
16
801
23%
Accreditation International
1
513
47%
Alabama Independent School Association (AISA)
1
59
-
Alternative School Network
2
493
33%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
22
2,790
17%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
47
6,034
27%
Association for Middle Level Education (formerly NMSA) (AMLE)
4
1,157
29%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
10
510
37%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
110
34,133
22%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
5
349
23%
Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS)
4
728
12%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA)
2
468
17%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
4
771
25%
Cognia (formerly AdvancED / SACS CASI / NCA CASI) (Cognia)
16
7,639
29%
Council of Bilingual Education (PVSR legacy category)
1
32
-
Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS)
4
426
28%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
6
744
7%
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
1
39
36%
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Education) (GCSDAC)
9
1,193
71%
Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
29
11,588
32%
Institute for Independent Education (PVSR legacy category)
1
58
-
International Baccalaureate World School (IB)
4
1,193
12%
International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC)
1
877
35%
International Coalition of Girls' Schools (formerly NCGS) (ICGS)
4
1,550
22%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
1
112
38%
Islamic School League of America (ISLA)
3
263
43%
Jesuit Schools Network (formerly JSEA) (JSN)
5
4,837
23%
Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS)
1
141
100%
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
66
5,915
18%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
5
1,151
49%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
39
16,182
31%
National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS)
2
149
5%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
2
282
28%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
306
105,364
22%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
3
1,604
10%
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools (NCACS)
1
29
-
National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA)
1
141
100%
National Independent Private School Association (NIPSA)
8
1,097
46%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation (NLSA)
7
1,353
14%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
4
2,222
86%
Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).
1
41
-
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
1
175
8%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
9
703
39%
Other Montessori association(s)
11
876
12%
Other religious school association(s)
97
28,691
27%
Other school association(s)
82
22,485
25%
Other special emphasis association(s)
22
3,680
29%
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (absorbed SSDSA) (Prizmah)
7
1,458
8%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
3
905
90%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
5
3,580
4%
State or regional independent school association
24
12,025
31%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
5
1,757
41%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN)
1
281
18%

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