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Texas Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations

For the 2026-27 school year, there are 1,304 private schools belonging to membership associations in Texas.
The most popular school membership associations are Other school association(s) (17% of schools), National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (16% of schools) and Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (16% of schools).

Quick Facts (26-27)

  • # Private Schools: 1304

Quick Facts (26-27)

  • # Private Schools: 1304

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

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Accelerated Christian Education (School of Tomorrow) (ACE)
34
3,261
57%
Accreditation International
1
72
75%
Alabama Independent School Association (AISA)
1
261
14%
Alternative School Network
1
42
100%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
23
3,204
37%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
106
15,188
47%
Association for Middle Level Education (formerly NMSA) (AMLE)
4
1,517
24%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
31
3,938
48%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
205
57,146
26%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
21
3,711
51%
Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS)
35
10,529
18%
Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
1
217
46%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA)
2
535
19%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
8
1,502
16%
Cognia (formerly AdvancED / SACS CASI / NCA CASI) (Cognia)
160
46,778
33%
Council of Bilingual Education (PVSR legacy category)
2
145
52%
Council of Islamic Schools in North America (CISNA)
2
370
90%
Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS)
3
1,297
16%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
10
993
31%
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Education) (GCSDAC)
19
1,396
77%
Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS)
48
28,531
30%
International Baccalaureate World School (IB)
10
5,906
34%
International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC)
1
251
31%
International Coalition of Girls' Schools (formerly NCGS) (ICGS)
9
2,763
38%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
7
1,248
46%
Islamic School League of America (ISLA)
11
3,725
80%
Jesuit Schools Network (formerly JSEA) (JSN)
2
1,822
60%
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
2
340
9%
Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS)
4
1,174
3%
National Alliance of Christian Schools (NACS)
3
635
31%
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
1
85
72%
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
129
17,171
34%
National Association for the Gifted
3
413
16%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
55
15,859
28%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
87
46,124
32%
National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS)
7
931
68%
National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)
2
221
64%
National Association of Private Schools (NAPS)
5
574
84%
National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
12
1,331
37%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
207
56,016
55%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
21
6,463
22%
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools (NCACS)
1
84
39%
National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA)
6
2,152
45%
National Independent Private School Association (NIPSA)
28
3,406
36%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation (NLSA)
17
4,542
23%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
3
475
10%
Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).
1
50
91%
Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)
13
1,606
43%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
1
65
30%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
16
3,271
39%
Other Montessori association(s)
38
3,117
37%
Other religious school association(s)
130
30,629
38%
Other school association(s)
222
44,916
42%
Other special emphasis association(s)
67
11,714
46%
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (absorbed SSDSA) (Prizmah)
3
543
15%
Society for Classical Learning (SCL)
2
1,089
27%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
4
1,003
16%
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
107
31,608
37%
Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)
5
2,371
26%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
15
3,619
34%
State or regional independent school association
57
21,061
25%
Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools (TAAPS)
85
27,444
29%
Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS)
1
277
40%
Texas Catholic Conference Education Department (TCCED)
54
17,296
54%
Texas Private School Accreditation Commission (TEPSAC)
65
17,032
34%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
8
3,227
42%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN)
2
469
19%
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (Accrediting Commission for Schools) (ACS WASC)
1
-
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Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA)
2
517
54%

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