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Best Maryland ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 539 private schools belonging to membership associations in Maryland.
The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (18% of schools), Other school association(s) (16% of schools) and National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) (13% of schools).

Top Ranked Maryland ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Schools by Membership Association (2025-26)

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
1
166
89%
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
9
377
65%
Agudath Israel of America
1
64
-
AIMSMDDC (Assoc. of independent Maryland and DC Schools)
35
16,891
37%
Alternative School Network
2
83
35%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
11
3,614
40%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
30
3,256
40%
Association Montessori International (AMI)
11
1,099
36%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
54
12,586
45%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
4
768
59%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
8
2,187
41%
Association of Independent Maryland And DC Schools (JAIMS)
32
12,206
34%
Association of LD Schools (ALDS)
1
46
7%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
2
481
23%
Bilingual School Association
4
189
60%
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit or Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
3
584
37%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
6
1,664
46%
Cognia
30
8,934
39%
Council of Bilingual Education
4
129
70%
Educational Records Bureau
3
1,658
12%
European Council for International Schools
1
110
8%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
6
426
49%
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
4
1,443
46%
General Conference of SDA Church
1
-
-
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
7
985
76%
Institute for Independent Education
3
602
52%
International Baccalaureate (IB) World School
4
1,828
36%
International Boys Schools Coalition
1
1,035
24%
International Coalition of Girls Schools
1
809
25%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
4
297
46%
Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
3
1,786
41%
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
3
565
37%
Mercy Secondary Education Association (MSEA)
1
444
23%
Mid Atlantic Christian Schools Association (MACSA)
3
590
54%
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
61
23,111
41%
MSA-CESS Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools
8
1,221
45%
National Association for the Education of Young Children
69
5,636
41%
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
2
1,123
26%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
19
5,081
34%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
69
26,009
35%
National Association of Laboratory Schools
4
196
63%
National Association of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)
1
180
3%
National Association of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Schools
1
205
19%
National Association of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Special Education Centers
19
2,549
50%
National Catholic Education Association
4
1,681
26%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
97
33,658
36%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
1
115
-
National Coalition of Boys Schools
1
625
15%
National Coalition of Girls
12
4,502
28%
National Council for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø School Accreditation
4
1,298
57%
National Honor Society (NHS)
3
736
27%
National Independent ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Schools Association
11
2,770
46%
National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)
1
237
64%
National Lutheran Schools Accreditation
3
783
18%
National Middle School Association
3
1,129
15%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
5
1,692
2%
Network for Mercy Education
2
513
33%
Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
1
889
30%
Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).
2
58
61%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
1
65
14%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
22
2,346
56%
Other Montessori association(s)
13
981
27%
Other religious school association(s)
24
7,519
23%
Other school association(s)
87
12,304
37%
Other special emphasis association(s)
15
1,294
69%
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
2
143
3%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
1
309
-
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)
19
8,995
27%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
6
348
68%
State or regional independent school association
32
11,837
33%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
7
2,533
39%
Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS)
1
-
-
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
2
481
23%
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
1
-
-
Xaverian Brothers School Sponsorship
2
1,969
48%

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