Best �� Schools Belonging to Membership Associations in Pennsylvania (2026)

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

For the 2026 school year, there are 1,156 private schools belonging to membership associations in Pennsylvania.

The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (28% of schools), National Association for the Education of Young Children (15% of schools) and Other school association(s) (15% of schools).

Milton Hershey School Photo - At Milton Hershey School, our founders' generosity and vision have enabled us to develop and maintain a whole child approach to education and programming that comes at no cost to our students or their families.

Kimberton Waldorf School Photo - The 5th grade Pentathlon brings together Waldorf schools from a three-hour radius for a day of friendly athletic competition and collaboration -- the culmination of their Greek studies.

Fusion Academy Ardmore Photo - Each Fusion campus has a state-of-the-art music studio with professional-grade tools. Students can explore instruments, vocals, songwriting, DJ performing arts, and more.

Germantown Academy Photo - Second grade students research various species in the Wissahickon Creek, which runs through the heart of GA's campus.

Delaware Valley Friends School Photo - Delaware Valley Friends School is a national leader in the field of educating students (grades 1-12) with dyslexia, dysgraphia, executive function disorders, ADHD, and other learning differences located in the Philadelphia area.

Fusion Academy Malvern Photo - Each Fusion campus has a state-of-the-art music studio with professional-grade tools. Students can explore instruments, vocals, songwriting, DJ performing arts, and more.

Delone Catholic High School Photo - Delone Catholic Squires graduate prepared to lead, prepared to serve, and prepared for life as "Doers of the Word (James 1:22)."

Plumstead Christian School Photo - Middle and Upper School - 6th-12th Grade

Chesterbrook Academy Elementary School Photo

Center School Photo - A comprehensive academic program is provided for Center School students in first through eighth grade. The curriculum is designed to meet the needs of students and reflect the best of current research. Students receive explicit instruction in academic, organizational, and study skills to provide them with the strategies they need to become independent and confident learners.

Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School Photo

AIM Academy Photo - MEETING LEARNING CHALLENGES WITH SCIENCE & LOVE: AT AIM, we recognize that children who learn differently need to be taught differently - and that's exactly what we do. Our passionately committed, highly-trained faculty employ techniques proven effective, and the results are remarkable. Each day we witness young people who doubted themselves in every way discover the gift of fearless learning.

Westtown School Photo - The Westtown School campus includes 600 acres of land, a 14-acre lake with a beach and boathouse, and an arboretum and natural forest.

Eden Road KinderCare Photo - Eden Road KinderCare

St. Catherine Laboure School Photo - Members of our Student Council

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

Membership Association

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

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

1,864

50%

Accreditation International

180

Alternative School Network

87%

American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)

1,759

22%

American Montessori Society (AMS)

4,637

26%

Association Montessori International (AMI)

644

16%

Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

136

24,700

24%

Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)

1,290

24%

Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)

2,336

14%

Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools

2,673

24%

Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS)

12,302

33%

Association of Military Colleges and Schools

140

41%

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

827

11%

Bilingual School Association

181

20%

Christian Schools International (CSI)

1,348

32%

Cognia

4,719

20%

Council of Bilingual Education

154

Delaware Association of Independent Schools

256

17%

Educational Records Bureau

357

50%

European Council for International Schools

621

31%

Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)

452

38%

Friends Council on Education (FCE)

7,139

28%

General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)

392

79%

Institute for Independent Education

1,996

19%

International Baccalaureate (IB) World School

853

25%

International Boys Schools Coalition

943

32%

International Coalition of Girls Schools

62%

International Montessori Council (IMC)

120

19%

Islamic School League of America (ISLA)

564

63%

Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)

2,190

15%

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

524

28%

Mercy Secondary Education Association (MSEA)

471

Mid Atlantic Christian Schools Association (MACSA)

5,067

31%

Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools

133

40,240

24%

Montessori Educational Programs International (MEPI)

258

29%

MSA-CESS Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools

5,348

24%

National Association for the Education of Young Children

177

14,999

32%

National Association for the Gifted

164

35%

National Association of College Admissions Counselors

356

22%

National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)

1,070

55%

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)

106

36,154

28%

National Association of Laboratory Schools

1,132

33%

National Association of �� Schools

1,947

National Association of �� Special Education Centers

858

29%

National Catholic Education Association

1,595

36%

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

323

97,036

22%

National Christian School Association (NCSA)

229

National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools

111

29%

National Coalition of Boys Schools

190

29%

National Coalition of Girls

2,585

25%

National Council for �� School Accreditation

453

13%

National Independent �� Schools Association

4,345

30%

National Lutheran Schools Accreditation

417

National Middle School Association

581

32%

National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)

1,178

Northwest Association of Accredited Schools

305

65%

Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).

173

24%

Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship (ORUEF)

316

12%

Other associations(s) for exceptional children

1,136

43%

Other Montessori association(s)

1,121

29%

Other religious school association(s)

100

12,207

23%

Other school association(s)

175

31,458

23%

Other special emphasis association(s)

6,486

25%

Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS)

30,687

28%

Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools

514

Society For Classical Learning

Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)

590

19%

Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)

622

20%

State or regional independent school association

6,410

24%

The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)

7,081

42%

The Jewish Community Day School Association (SSDSA)

502

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America

443

17%

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