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Best Tennessee Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 407 private schools belonging to membership associations in Tennessee.
The most popular school membership associations are Other school association(s) (20% of schools), Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (17% of schools) and Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS) (15% of schools).

Top-Ranked Tennessee Private Schools by Membership Association (2026)

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
7
3,185
7%
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
40
1,435
17%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
34
5,651
18%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
14
1,203
47%
Association Montessori International (AMI)
2
196
12%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
68
20,681
12%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
3
743
12%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
15
4,109
8%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
1
-
-
Bilingual School Association
1
93
33%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
5
2,688
9%
Cognia
39
18,831
12%
Council of Bilingual Education
1
93
33%
Educational Records Bureau
2
1,156
18%
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
1
27
100%
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
21
1,703
33%
Institute for Independent Education
2
61
33%
International Boys Schools Coalition
3
2,208
17%
International Coalition of Girls Schools
1
775
13%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
5
701
19%
Islamic School League of America (ISLA)
1
36
17%
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
2
897
17%
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
5
1,418
18%
National Alliance of Christian Schools
1
110
-
National Association for the Education of Young Children
27
4,694
24%
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
4
2,743
16%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
11
3,097
28%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
45
24,146
16%
National Association of Laboratory Schools
3
140
29%
National Association of Private Schools
1
749
-
National Association of Private Special Education Centers
2
162
28%
National Catholic Education Association
1
239
58%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
33
11,017
20%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
16
10,243
12%
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools
1
36
8%
National Coalition of Boys Schools
1
439
20%
National Coalition of Girls
4
2,195
15%
National Council for Private School Accreditation
2
166
39%
National Independent Private Schools Association
8
1,144
43%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation
5
712
16%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
1
206
1%
Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
1
-
-
Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).
2
443
23%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
7
533
38%
Other Montessori association(s)
2
348
21%
Other religious school association(s)
34
5,091
18%
Other school association(s)
82
16,861
18%
Other special emphasis association(s)
10
1,342
24%
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
1
57
-
Society For Classical Learning
2
590
10%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
2
241
5%
Southern Association for College Admission Counseling (SACAC)
1
780
20%
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)
62
30,966
16%
Southern Association of Independent Schools
35
22,248
17%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
8
2,444
8%
State or regional independent school association
34
12,004
18%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
4
2,733
25%

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