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Best Tennessee Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 412 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 (2025-26)

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
7
3,169
7%
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
41
1,503
16%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
35
5,652
18%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
15
1,256
45%
Association Montessori International (AMI)
2
196
12%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
69
20,678
12%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
3
743
12%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
15
4,128
8%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
1
-
-
Bilingual School Association
1
93
33%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
5
2,688
9%
Cognia
38
17,881
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
2
1,769
16%
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
3,096
28%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
45
24,148
16%
National Association of Laboratory Schools
3
140
29%
National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)
1
120
-
National Association of Private Special Education Centers
2
162
28%
National Catholic Education Association
1
239
58%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
35
11,216
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
463
12%
National Coalition of Girls
4
2,195
15%
National Council for Private School Accreditation
2
166
39%
National Honor Society (NHS)
1
120
-
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
449
20%
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
16,139
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)
63
31,004
16%
Southern Association of Independent Schools
35
22,233
17%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
8
2,444
8%
State or regional independent school association
35
12,467
18%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
4
2,733
25%

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