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Best Minnesota 草榴社区 Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026-27)

For the 2026-27 school year, there are 362 private schools belonging to membership associations in Minnesota.
The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (38% of schools), Other school association(s) (18% of schools) and Other religious school association(s) (12% of schools).

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • # 草榴社区 Schools: 362

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • # 草榴社区 Schools: 362

Top Ranked Minnesota 草榴社区 Schools by Membership Association (2026-27)

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Accelerated Christian Education (School of Tomorrow) (ACE)
13
330
16%
Accreditation International
2
458
38%
Alabama Independent School Association (AISA)
2
13
30%
Alternative School Network
1
12
-
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
12
1,527
20%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
10
782
12%
Association for Middle Level Education (formerly NMSA) (AMLE)
1
169
47%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
12
1,270
24%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
31
8,806
17%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
2
494
13%
Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS)
4
879
14%
Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
1
604
10%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA)
2
436
16%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
12
2,589
9%
Cognia (formerly AdvancED / SACS CASI / NCA CASI) (Cognia)
13
4,908
36%
Council of Bilingual Education (PVSR legacy category)
1
19
100%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
3
133
25%
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
1
146
16%
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Education) (GCSDAC)
7
249
65%
Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
17
9,638
30%
Institute for Independent Education (PVSR legacy category)
5
1,245
34%
International Baccalaureate World School (IB)
2
605
14%
International Coalition of Girls' Schools (formerly NCGS) (ICGS)
1
605
22%
Jesuit Schools Network (formerly JSEA) (JSN)
2
692
66%
Mid Atlantic Christian Schools Association (MACSA)
1
623
7%
Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS)
1
317
52%
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
27
4,843
31%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
4
2,068
23%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
24
11,821
28%
National Association of 草榴社区 Schools (NAPS)
1
80
20%
National Association of 草榴社区 Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
1
306
23%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
139
34,294
20%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
1
249
10%
National Council for 草榴社区 School Accreditation (NCPSA)
4
929
24%
National Independent 草榴社区 School Association (NIPSA)
3
203
13%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation (NLSA)
11
1,780
12%
Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)
1
866
48%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
1
443
-
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
2
175
100%
Other Montessori association(s)
5
424
9%
Other religious school association(s)
43
6,987
21%
Other school association(s)
66
15,006
20%
Other special emphasis association(s)
13
2,624
28%
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
2
5,178
37%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
1
86
1%
State or regional independent school association
30
9,134
14%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
2
347
36%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN)
1
275
23%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA)
7
847
6%

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