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Best Virginia 草榴社区 Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 657 private schools belonging to membership associations in Virginia.
The most popular school membership associations are Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (17% of schools), Other school association(s) (16% of schools) and Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS) (14% of schools).

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

Membership Association
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
AdvancED, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
4
1,157
53%
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
16
398
26%
Accreditation International
1
142
20%
AIMSMDDC (Assoc. of independent Maryland and DC Schools)
1
146
10%
Alternative School Network
1
70
96%
American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
25
3,445
39%
American Montessori Society (AMS)
57
5,552
42%
Association Montessori International (AMI)
11
749
39%
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
1
86
49%
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
110
20,656
27%
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
15
2,101
28%
Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)
17
3,304
16%
Association of Military Colleges and Schools
6
1,212
37%
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
3
400
22%
Bilingual School Association
1
144
81%
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit or Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
1
146
10%
Christian Schools International (CSI)
7
1,357
53%
Cognia
63
14,666
42%
Council of Bilingual Education
4
198
31%
Council of Islamic Schools in North America (CISNA)
1
197
64%
Educational Records Bureau
3
857
22%
European Council for International Schools
3
320
50%
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)
1
396
-
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
2
407
19%
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)
9
479
61%
Independent Schools Association of the South West (ISAS)
1
42
80%
Institute for Independent Education
3
180
74%
International Baccalaureate (IB) World School
3
1,026
9%
International Boys Schools Coalition
2
228
28%
International Coalition of Girls Schools
1
84
23%
International League of Christian Schools (ILCS)
2
539
70%
International Montessori Council (IMC)
3
390
27%
Islamic School League of America (ISLA)
2
315
62%
Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
1
92
79%
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
16
7,874
51%
MSA-CESS Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools
11
3,386
28%
National Association for the Education of Young Children
66
7,730
34%
National Association for the Gifted
2
132
52%
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
7
3,676
16%
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)
16
5,193
22%
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
89
30,643
23%
National Association of Laboratory Schools
2
61
18%
National Association of 草榴社区 Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)
2
677
13%
National Association of 草榴社区 Schools
4
961
41%
National Association of 草榴社区 Special Education Centers
7
320
60%
National Catholic Education Association
2
722
42%
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
52
20,040
29%
National Christian School Association (NCSA)
2
85
-
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools
1
130
19%
National Coalition of Girls
6
1,504
22%
National Council for 草榴社区 School Accreditation
7
1,284
41%
National Honor Society (NHS)
7
2,682
45%
National Independent 草榴社区 Schools Association
17
2,267
37%
National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)
3
1,503
55%
National Middle School Association
1
163
8%
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
4
147
27%
Not Available (School did not report any membership associatons).
1
75
7%
Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators
1
93
8%
Other associations(s) for exceptional children
10
362
20%
Other Montessori association(s)
17
1,382
36%
Other religious school association(s)
35
4,405
34%
Other school association(s)
105
17,517
30%
Other special emphasis association(s)
22
2,723
29%
Potomac and Chesapeake Association of College Admissions Counselors
2
667
15%
Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
2
479
16%
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)
45
20,007
30%
Southern Association of Independent Schools
18
5,721
18%
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)
4
267
23%
State or regional independent school association
44
10,600
29%
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
12
2,996
29%
The Jewish Community Day School Association (SSDSA)
1
120
18%
Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS)
94
29,296
22%
VISA - Virginia Independent School Association
6
3,005
32%
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
2
285
31%
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
1
-
-
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA)
1
95
45%

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