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

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 90 private schools belonging to membership associations in Utah.
The most popular school membership associations are Other school association(s) (23% of schools), National Association for the Education of Young Children (19% of schools) and Cognia (17% of schools).

Top Ranked Utah Private Schools by Membership Association (2025-26)

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
3
97
27%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
6
601
12%
Association Montessori International (AMI)
1
-
-
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
2
394
8%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
1
625
48%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
1
289
6%
Cognia
15
3,791
20%
Council of Bilingual Education
1
63
6%
European Council for International Schools
1
47
-
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
1
52
42%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
2
317
21%
National Association for the Education of Young Children
17
3,090
22%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
6
2,823
30%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
13
3,538
41%
National Council for Private School Accreditation
1
52
42%
National Independent Private Schools Association
1
17
-
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation
2
178
15%
Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
6
1,788
40%
NWAIS (Northwest Association of Independent Schools)
3
2,609
20%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
3
63
18%
Other Montessori association(s)
7
240
14%
Other religious school association(s)
5
596
40%
Other school association(s)
21
2,594
35%
Other special emphasis association(s)
6
357
15%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
1
400
20%
State or regional independent school association
2
56
14%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
1
144
22%

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