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Our Lady Of Peace Photo - Our Lady of Peace Catholic School offers a strong academic and faith-filled education for preschool through eighth grade. We are located in the Lake Nokomis neighborhood of South Minneapolis. We are an accredited school with highly experienced staff, small class sizes, and a commitment to the safety and learning of every child.

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

For the 2026 school year, there are 363 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).

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Hillcrest Academy Photo

Minnehaha Academy Photo

Mounds Park Academy Photo - Mounds Park Academy is a PreK-12 independent private school on 32 acres in Saint Paul, Minnesota that has offered a rigorous, college-preparatory experience since 1982. Here, students gain deep, comprehensive content knowledge to prepare them to forever dream big and do right.

Bloomington Lutheran School Photo - Bloomington Lutheran Boys had a winning season which took them to Valparaiso, IN for Nationals.

City of Lakes Waldorf School Photo - Our 8th grade students study platonic geometry with help from some amazing bubbles.

Our Lady Of Peace Photo - Our Lady of Peace Catholic School offers a strong academic and faith-filled education for preschool through eighth grade. We are located in the Lake Nokomis neighborhood of South Minneapolis. We are an accredited school with highly experienced staff, small class sizes, and a commitment to the safety and learning of every child.

St. Francis Catholic School Photo - a student

Groves Academy Photo - Groves Academy is a renowned place of learning that nurtures and encourages brilliance within students with learning challenges. We understand the emotional pain that results when a child is struggling to learn. Our goal is to empower students entering 1st-12th grades to gain the skills and confidence they need to achieve lasting success.

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Shattuck-st. Marys School Photo - The Whitney Arch welcomes visitors to the upper school campus

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The Blake School (Middle School, grades 6-8) Photo - Our program emphasizes five core values for Middle School students to live by: Academic and personal honesty; Acceptance of others; Respect for peers, adults and the school facilities and environment; Responsibility toward self, others, the school and the surrounding community; Trust within the school community.

Bethlehem Academy Photo - BA is an authentically Catholic 6-12 Dominican prep school located in Faribault, MN.

Granite City Baptist Academy Photo - Academic Excellence in a Christian Atmosphere. Pre-school 4 & Kindergarten 5 through 12th grade.

Cambridge Christian School Photo - Welcome to Cambridge Christian School

St. Francis Xavier Elementary School Photo - In partnership with families and our parish, we foster discipleship, academic excellence, and the development of each child in the light of faith.

Agape Christi Academy Photo - 3rd and 4th graders celebrate reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with a Narnia feast.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Twin Cities Photo - Guided by Faith | Prepared for Life | Always Serving Others. Cristo Rey Jesuit High School is the only college and career preparatory high school in the state of Minnesota.

United Christian Academy Photo

St. Bartholomew Elementary School Photo - Come and be a Bulldog!

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

Membership Association

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

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

2

5,140

39%

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

13

327

16%

Accreditation International

2

458

38%

Alabama Association of Independent Schools (AAIS)

2

13

30%

Alternative School Network

1

12

-

American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)

12

1,524

20%

American Montessori Society (AMS)

11

815

12%

Association Montessori International (AMI)

10

1,077

22%

Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)

3

517

26%

Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

31

8,441

17%

Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)

2

494

13%

Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)

4

864

14%

Association of Military Colleges and Schools

1

588

10%

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

2

436

16%

Christian Schools International (CSI)

12

2,589

9%

11

4,520

38%

Council of Bilingual Education

1

19

100%

Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)

3

133

25%

Friends Council on Education (FCE)

1

146

16%

General Conference of SDA Church

1

14

8%

General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)

6

235

69%

Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)

17

9,664

30%

Institute for Independent Education

5

1,273

35%

International Baccalaureate (IB) World School

2

605

14%

International Coalition of Girls Schools

1

605

22%

Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)

2

692

66%

Mid Atlantic Christian Schools Association (MACSA)

1

623

7%

Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools

1

317

52%

National Association for the Education of Young Children

26

4,300

30%

National Association of College Admissions Counselors

1

811

-

National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)

4

2,068

23%

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)

24

11,833

28%

National Association of �� Schools

1

80

20%

National Association of �� Special Education Centers

1

306

23%

National Catholic Education Association

2

380

42%

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

137

33,986

19%

National Christian School Association (NCSA)

1

249

10%

National Council for �� School Accreditation

4

929

24%

National Honor Society (NHS)

1

333

8%

National Independent �� Schools Association

3

231

12%

National Lutheran Schools Accreditation

11

1,786

11%

National Middle School Association

1

169

47%

Northwest Association of Accredited Schools

2

-

-

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

6,991

21%

Other school association(s)

66

14,956

21%

Other special emphasis association(s)

13

2,624

28%

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

1

275

23%

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA)

7

843

6%

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