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Best Kentucky �� Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 241 private schools belonging to membership associations in Kentucky.

The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (36% of schools), Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (19% of schools) and Other school association(s) (12% of schools).

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Top-Ranked Kentucky �� Schools by Membership Association (2026)

Membership Association

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement

1

774

17%

Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)

8

413

4%

American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)

7

943

6%

American Montessori Society (AMS)

13

1,148

19%

Association Montessori International (AMI)

2

177

13%

Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

45

12,666

11%

Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)

1

498

11%

Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)

4

952

8%

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

1

150

20%

Christian Schools International (CSI)

1

225

17%

15

7,651

17%

Council of Bilingual Education

1

134

1%

Council of Islamic Schools in North America (CISNA)

1

171

17%

General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)

3

166

63%

Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)

9

3,920

27%

International Baccalaureate (IB) World School

1

774

17%

International Montessori Council (IMC)

1

119

19%

Islamic School League of America (ISLA)

2

291

33%

Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)

1

416

1%

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

1

196

9%

National Alliance of Christian Schools

1

33

1%

National Association for the Education of Young Children

15

2,874

26%

National Association for the Gifted

1

95

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National Association of College Admissions Counselors

2

897

21%

National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)

2

168

20%

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)

14

6,822

21%

National Association of �� Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)

2

122

7%

National Association of �� Special Education Centers

3

530

3%

National Catholic Education Association

4

1,984

8%

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

87

27,728

10%

National Council for �� School Accreditation

2

653

6%

National Honor Society (NHS)

2

1,051

17%

National Independent �� Schools Association

2

106

25%

National Lutheran Schools Accreditation

2

237

12%

Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)

3

898

9%

Other associations(s) for exceptional children

4

412

16%

Other Montessori association(s)

9

654

40%

Other religious school association(s)

20

5,705

13%

Other school association(s)

29

5,317

13%

Other special emphasis association(s)

8

589

18%

Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)

17

6,182

14%

Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)

2

928

8%

State or regional independent school association

20

7,723

14%

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America

1

150

20%

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