Rockwern Academy Photo

Best Ohio Private Preschools Belonging to State or regional independent school association (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 12 private preschools belonging to State or regional independent school association serving 6,313 students in Ohio. You can also find more schools membership associations in Ohio.
The top-ranked private preschools belonging to State or regional independent school association in Ohio include Maumee Valley Country Day School, The Summit Country Day School, and Gilmour Academy.
The average acceptance rate is 72%, which is lower than the Ohio private preschool average acceptance rate of 84%.
58% of private preschools belonging to State or regional independent school association in Ohio are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Jewish).

Top-Ranked Private Preschools Belonging to State or regional independent school association in Ohio (2026)

School
Location
Quick Facts
Gilmour Academy
(Catholic)
(1)
34001 Cedar Rd
Gates Mills, OH 44040
(440) 473-8065
Gr: PK-12 | 720 students Avg. class size: 15 students Sports: 18 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Hawken School
Hawken School Photo - Members of the class of 2018
5000 Clubside Rd and 12465 County Line Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44124
(440) 423-4446
Gr: PK-12 | 1,220 student Avg. class size: 15 students Sports: 15 | Extracurrculars: 9 Acceptance rate listed
Laurel School
Laurel School Photo - Laurel School's Lyman Campus in Shaker Heights, Ohio
All-girls
(2)
One Lyman Circle
Beachwood, OH 44122
(216) 455-3002
Gr: PK-12 | 557 students Sports: 15 | Extracurrculars: 20 Tuition listed
1715 S Reynolds Road
Toledo, OH 43614
(419) 381-1313
Gr: PK-12 | 486 students Avg. class size: 16 students Sports: 11 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Old Trail School
Old Trail School Photo
2315 Ira Road
Bath, OH 44210
(330) 666-1118
Gr: NS-8 | 451 students Avg. class size: 16 students Sports: 8 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
St. Adalbert Catholic School
(Catholic)
2345 E 83rd Street
Cleveland, OH 44104
(216) 881-6250
Gr: PK-8 | 490 students Tuition listed
St. Paul Lutheran School
Daycare / Preschool (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod)
7960 State Route 38
Milford Center, OH 43045
(937) 349-5939
Gr: NS | 66 students Avg. class size: 10 students Sports: 3 Tuition listed
St. Pius X School
(Catholic)
1061 Waggoner Rd
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
(614) 866-6050
Gr: PK-8 | 598 students Tuition listed
The Summit Country Day School
The Summit Country Day School Photo - Founded in 1890, The Summit maintains a beautiful 24-acre campus and a 16-acre Athletic Complex located 10 minutes north on I-71. Ten local school districts provide bussing to the school. The Summit maintains a bus to the northern communities of Mason and West Chester.
(Catholic)
2161 Grandin Road
Cincinnati, OH 45208
(513) 871-4700
Gr: NS-12 | 1,081 student Sports: 17 Tuition listed
Immaculate Conception School
(Catholic)
2268 S Smithville Rd
Dayton, OH 45420
(937) 253-8851
Gr: PK-8 | 279 students
New Horizons Academy
New Horizons Academy Photo - Our Wauseon campus, located at 220 Lawrence Avenue in Wauseon, OH, has an enrollment of just over 100 students.
Special Education School
220 Lawrence Ave
Wauseon, OH 43567
(419) 335-7272
Gr: PK-12 | 134 students Extracurrculars: 1 Tuition listed
Rockwern Academy
Rockwern Academy Photo
(Jewish)
8401 Montgomery Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45236
(513) 984-3770
Gr: NS-6 | 231 students Avg. class size: 10 students Sports: 2 Tuition listed

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