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South Carolina Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations

For the 2026-27 school year, there are 293 private schools belonging to membership associations in South Carolina.
The most popular school membership associations are American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) (18% of schools), Other school association(s) (16% of schools) and State or regional independent school association (16% of schools).

Quick Facts (26-27)

  • # Private Schools: 293

Quick Facts (26-27)

  • # Private Schools: 293

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

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Accelerated Christian Education (School of Tomorrow) (ACE)
21
690
18%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
52
8,545
15%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
7
1,061
26%
Association for Experiential Education (AEE)
1
78
14%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
1
10
-
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
29
9,531
14%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
2
759
11%
Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS)
6
1,114
6%
Association of LD Schools (ALDS)
1
48
4%
Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
1
267
30%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
1
352
7%
Cognia (formerly AdvancED / SACS CASI / NCA CASI) (Cognia)
33
13,037
13%
Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS)
1
115
46%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
1
71
-
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Education) (GCSDAC)
6
122
72%
Institute for Independent Education (PVSR legacy category)
2
80
100%
International Baccalaureate World School (IB)
1
1,224
25%
International Coalition of Girls' Schools (formerly NCGS) (ICGS)
1
728
11%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
1
141
2%
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
1
48
4%
Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS)
1
1,373
-
Montessori Educational Programs International (MEPI)
2
275
7%
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
24
3,883
25%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
9
3,337
17%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
27
10,138
15%
National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS)
2
93
10%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
3
62
72%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
30
7,561
23%
National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA)
2
760
10%
National Independent Private School Association (NIPSA)
5
755
32%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation (NLSA)
1
109
18%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
1
142
100%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
2
291
3%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
4
518
20%
Other Montessori association(s)
10
1,184
20%
Other religious school association(s)
35
4,676
15%
Other school association(s)
48
9,254
25%
Other special emphasis association(s)
13
1,209
11%
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (absorbed SSDSA) (Prizmah)
1
59
-
Progressive Education Network (PEN)
1
139
6%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
6
498
16%
South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA)
36
11,418
12%
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
37
18,043
15%
Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)
15
6,633
13%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
5
818
7%
State or regional independent school association
48
13,028
14%

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