Top Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) Private High Schools in Pennsylvania

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For the 2021 school year, there are 42 top private schools in Pennsylvania belonging to the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), serving 18,481 students.
(PAIS) is a voluntary membership organization of private independent schools serving students in nursery/preschool through grade 12, upholding and enhancing educational standards in Pennsylvania and Delaware. PAIS is an advocate and strong voice for private independent education in the Commonwealth as well as in Delaware. Pennsylvania Association of Private Academic Schools (PAPAS), now the Commission for Accreditation under PAIS, was founded and approved by the State to accredit independent schools in 1948. You can also find more schools membership associations in Pennsylvania.

Top Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) Private High Schools (2021)

  • School Location Grades Students
  • AIM Academy
    AIM Academy Photo - MEETING LEARNING CHALLENGES WITH SCIENCE & LOVE: AT AIMAcademy, we recognize that children who learn differently need to be taught differently - and that's exactly what we do. Our passionately committed, highly-trained faculty employ techniques proven effective, and the results are remarkable. Each day we witness young people who doubted themselves in every way discover the gift of fearless learning.
    Special Education School
    (5)
     1200 River Road
    Conshohocken, PA 19428
    (215) 483-2461
    Grades: 1-12 | 384 students
  • The Crefeld School
    The Crefeld School Photo - The Crefeld School
    (4)
     8836 Crefeld Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19118
    (215) 242-5545
    Grades: 7-12 | 101 students
  • Delaware Valley Friends School
    Delaware Valley Friends School Photo - Delaware Valley Friends School is a national leader in the field of educating students (grades 1-12) with dyslexia, dysgraphia, executive function disorders, ADHD, and other learning differences located in the Philadelphia area.
    Special Education School (Friends)
    (10)
     19 E Central Ave
    Paoli, PA 19301
    (610) 640-4150
    Grades: 1-12 | 204 students
  • The Ellis School
    The Ellis School Photo
    All-girls
    (17)
     6425 Fifth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15206
    (412) 661-5992
    Grades: PK-12 | 399 students
  • Germantown Academy
    Germantown Academy Photo - Second grade students research various species in the Wissahickon Creek, which runs through the heart of GA's campus.
    (2)
     340 Morris Rd
    Fort Washington, PA 19034
    (267) 405-7070
    Grades: PK-12 | 1,183 students
  • The Phelps School
    The Phelps School Photo - We are LIVE and IN PERSON! Proper COVID protocols being followed allowing us to continue our objective of transformation and maximization.
    All-boys
    (9)
     583 Sugartown Road
    Malvern, PA 19355
    (610) 644-1754
    Grades: 6-12 | 110 students
  • Abington Friends School
    Abington Friends School Photo
    (Friends)
    (3)
     575 Washington Ln
    Jenkintown, PA 19046
    (215) 576-3984
    Grades: PK-12 | 589 students
  • The Agnes Irwin School
    The Agnes Irwin School Photo
    All-girls
    (2)
     275 S Ithan Ave
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
    (610) 525-8400
    Grades: NS-12 | 587 students
  • Aquinas Academy
    Aquinas Academy Photo - Upper School students in front of the newly opened Mross-McGonigle Hall, December 2015
    (Roman Catholic)
     2308 West Hardies Road
    Gibsonia, PA 15044
    (724) 444-0722
    Grades: NS-12 | 478 students
  • The Baldwin School
    The Baldwin School Photo - Girls sometimes learn that the effect they predicted on paper isn't always what happens in the test tube, and that rethinking a reaction-- or learning about the world and coming up with a smart, new prediction-- is the real solution.
    All-girls
     701 Montgomery Avenue
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
    (610) 525-2700
    Grades: PK-12 | 575 students
  • Center School
    Center School Photo
    Special Education School
    (6)
     2450 Hamilton Avenue
    Abington, PA 19001
    (215) 657-2200
    Grades: 1-9 | 68 students
  • Devon Preparatory School
    Devon Preparatory School Photo - Each year members of Devon Prep's Christian Action Program (CAP) collects and delivers thousands of food items to an inner city community center for Thanksgiving.
    All-boys (Roman Catholic)
    (1)
     363 N. Valley Forge Road
    Devon, PA 19333
    (610) 688-7337
    Grades: 6-12 | 294 students
  • Germantown Friends School
    Germantown Friends School Photo
    (Friends)
     31 W Coulter Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19144
    (215) 951-2300
    Grades: NS-12 | 1,071 students
  • Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
    Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Photo
    All-girls (Roman Catholic)
     1345 Sumneytown Pike
    Gwynedd Valley, PA 19437
    (215) 646-8815
    Grades: 9-12 | 375 students
  • Harrisburg Academy
    Harrisburg Academy Photo - Upper School Students take a moment to discuss the period's lecture.
    (6)
     10 Erford Road
    Lemoyne, PA 17043
    (717) 763-7811
    Grades: NS-12 | 364 students
  • The Haverford School
    The Haverford School Photo - The crew team spent one of its preseason practices at Rushton Farm, a local CSA, harvesting potatoes, weeding the greenhouses, and clearing tomato plants.
    All-boys
    (1)
     450 Lancaster Ave.
    Haverford, PA 19041
    (610) 642-3020
    Grades: PK-12 | 977 students
  • Holy Ghost Prep
    All-boys (Roman Catholic)
    (1)
     2429 Bristol Pike
    Bensalem, PA 19020
    (215) 639-2102
    Grades: 9-12 | 491 students
  • Horizons At Lcds
    Horizons At Lcds Photo
    (1)
     725 Hamilton Road
    Lancaster, PA 17603
    (717) 392-2916
    Grades: PK-12 | 458 students
  • Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy
    Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy Photo
    (Jewish)
    (10)
     272 S Bryn Mawr Ave
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
    (610) 922-2312
    Grades: 6-12 | 374 students
  • The Janus School
    The Janus School Photo - The Janus School
    Special Education School
     205 Lefever Road
    Mount Joy, PA 17552
    (717) 653-0025
    Grades: 3-12 | 70 students
  • Kimberton Waldorf School
    Kimberton Waldorf School Photo
    Special Program Emphasis
    (5)
     410 W Seven Stars Rd
    Phoenixville, PA 19460
    (610) 933-3635
    Grades: PK-12 | 253 students
  • Linden Hall
    Linden Hall Photo
    All-girls
    (2)
     212 E Main St
    Lititz, PA 17543
    (717) 626-8512
    Grades: 6-12 | 173 students
  • Malvern Preparatory School
    Malvern Preparatory School Photo
    All-boys (Roman Catholic)
     418 S. Warren Avenue
    Malvern, PA 19355
    (484) 595-1100
    Grades: 6-12 | 634 students
  • Mercersburg Academy
    Mercersburg Academy Photo
    100 Academy Drive
    Mercersburg, PA 17236
    (717) 328-6173
    Grades: 9-12 | 442 students
  • Milton Hershey School
    Milton Hershey School Photo - At Milton Hershey School, our founders' generosity and vision have enabled us to develop and maintain a whole child approach to education and programming that comes at no cost to our students or their families.
    (1)
     1201 Homestead Ln
    Hershey, PA 17033
    (800) 322-3248
    Grades: PK-12 | 2,189 students
  • MMI Preparatory School
    MMI Preparatory School Photo - MMI Preparatory School Campus
    Special Program Emphasis
     154 Centre St
    Freeland, PA 18224
    (570) 636-1108
    Grades: 6-12 | 212 students
  • Montessori Academy Of Chambersburg
    Montessori Academy Of Chambersburg Photo - Explore New Worlds.
    Montessori School
    (1)
     875 Ragged Edge Rd
    Chambersburg, PA 17202
    (717) 261-1110
    Grades: PK-11 | 142 students
  • The Quaker School At Horsham
    The Quaker School At Horsham Photo - TQS: Where childhood shines!
    Special Education School (Friends)
     250 Meetinghouse Road
    Horsham, PA 19044
    (215) 674-2875
    Grades: K-9 | 66 students
  • Sacred Heart Academy
    Sacred Heart Academy Photo - Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr is a Catholic, independent college preparatory school for girls K-12, founded in 1865 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Known as SHA, the private girls' school is located in PA outside of Philadelphia with elementary, middle and upper school divisions located on one campus.
    All-girls (Roman Catholic)
     480 S Bryn Mawr Ave
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
    (610) 527-3915
    Grades: K-12 | n/a students
  • Sewickley Academy
    Sewickley Academy Photo - For Who You Are. For Who You Will Become.
    (10)
     315 Academy Avenue
    Sewickley, PA 15143
    (412) 741-2235
    Grades: PK-12 | 599 students
  • Shady Side Academy Senior School
    Shady Side Academy Senior School Photo - Shady Side Academy Senior School resides on a 130- acre campus which offers incredible facilities and resources that enable students to fuel their passions. Advanced level courses, teachers that motivate and support, and a college-like campus all help to prepare students for college and beyond.
    (2)
     423 Fox Chapel Road
    Pittsburgh, PA 15238
    (412) 968-3180
    Grades: 9-12 | 440 students
  • The Shipley School
    The Shipley School Photo - Shipley Upper School
    (5)
     814 Yarrow Street
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
    (610) 525-4300
    Grades: PK-12 | n/a students
  • Solebury School
    Solebury School Photo
    6832 Phillips Mill Road
    New Hope, PA 18938
    (215) 862-5261
    Grades: 9-12 | 235 students
  • Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
    Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Photo - Our Lower School students run into our beautiful McCausland building each morning excited to see their teachers and classmates. Our students feel at home here, and they learn how to take risks in our nurturing setting where making mistakes is embraced as part of the learning journey. Lower School students have tremendous resources available to them throughout our campus and in the neighboring Wissahickon woods, providing a variety of activities to hone their developing skills. Our single-sex environments allow children to learn who they are without the pressures of gender stereotypes and foster relationships that last a lifetime. Our faculty understand the enormous potential of these moments and are always on the lookout for ways to build on a student's curiosity and help their passions come alive.
    (2)
     500 W Willow Grove Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19118
    (215) 247-4700
    Grades: NS-12 | 1,133 students
  • Upland Country Day School
    Upland Country Day School Photo - Upland began the first international exchange program at the middle school level in the country. Each year, two or more students from Turku, Finland spend their ninth grade year at Upland and Upland 8th and 9th graders travel to Finland and Germany or England to play hockey or lacrosse, experience the culture and take part in a tradition that dates back more than 35 years.
    (7)
     420 W Street Road
    Kennett Square, PA 19348
    (610) 444-3035
    Grades: NS-9 | 163 students
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