Best New Jersey Private Schools Belonging to Membership Associations (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 798 private schools belonging to membership associations in New Jersey.

The most popular school membership associations are National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) (24% of schools), National Association for the Education of Young Children (17% of schools) and Other school association(s) (13% of schools).

Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child (Lower School) Photo

Stuart Country Day School Photo - Stuart girls are UNSTOPPABLE! Stuart girls thrive in an environment designed just for her and will be supported by a community of teachers and friends who see her and truly know her. At Stuart, she is known, and will know the value and power of her voice to make a difference in the world.

Barnstable Academy Photo - Barnstable Soccer

Cedar Hill Prep School Photo - Cedar Hill Prep School is a private school located in Somerset, New Jersey, that services students from 23 towns around the New Jersey-Pennsylvania region.

Fusion Academy Princeton Photo - Students get to be up close to everything in our science lab. In the one-to-one classroom students are always involved in experiments and have a hands-on approach to learning. We have college-level tools available and the world can be their classroom if they choose to venture out of the science lab.

Bergen County Christian Academy Photo - Bergen County Christian School - Front Entrance

Gill St. Bernard's School Photo - With a strong focus on character and social-emotional development, GSB students are well prepared for college and a meaningful life.

Oak Knoll School Of The Holy Child Photo

Fusion Academy Montclair Photo - Classes at Fusion are one-to-one: one student and one teacher per classroom. Students have different teachers for different subjects, and teachers act as mentors in the one-to-one setting.

Fusion Academy Cherry Hill Photo - Classes at Fusion are one-to-one: one student and one teacher per classroom. Students have different teachers for different subjects, and teachers act as mentors in the one-to-one setting.

Far Brook School Photo - Far Brook's inviting, semi-wooded nine acre campus includes playing fields, playgrounds, and a Schoolyard wetlands habitat.

Chapin School Photo - Chapin School Princeton focuses on Collaborative Learning through STEAM, Arts, Music, and Athletics.

The Winston School of Short Hills Photo - At The Winston School of Short Hills, we focus on helping students to overcome some of the difficulties in school due to language-based learning differences, such as DyslexIa, executive functioning difficulties, and Dysgraphia. We strive to create a comfortable educational environment based on understanding our students' challenges and strengths.

The Peck School Photo - A warm welcome, good eye contact, and consideration of others are just a few of the elements at The Peck School that contribute to creating one of the most nurturing and inspirational K-8 learning environments in the country.

The Wardlaw+Hartridge School Photo - Excellence in Fine Arts!

Delbarton School Photo - Old Main, a mansion built in 1880 as the summer residence of the Kountze family, is the centerpiece of Delbarton's 182 acre campus.

Top Ranked New Jersey Private Schools by Membership Association (2024)

Membership Association

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

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

58%

Alabama Association of Independent Schools (AAIS)

14%

Alternative School Network

220

63%

American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)

893

44%

American Montessori Society (AMS)

6,148

55%

ASAH Private Special Education

2,724

45%

Association for Experiential Education (AEE)

402

39%

Association Montessori International (AMI)

269

66%

Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)

317

36%

Association of Baptist Christian Schools (ABCS)

Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

5,780

48%

Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)

1,219

31%

Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)

667

38%

Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS)

Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS)

1,148

17%

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

149

Bilingual School Association

68%

Christian Schools International (CSI)

1,450

30%

Cognia

5,793

33%

Council of Bilingual Education

421

46%

European Council for International Schools

1,006

23%

Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA)

400

38%

Friends Council on Education (FCE)

969

19%

General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (GCSDAC)

104

100%

Illinois Coalition of Nonpublic Schools

19%

Institute for Independent Education

1,159

19%

International Baccalaureate (IB) World School

1,532

31%

International Boys Schools Coalition

207

10%

International Montessori Council (IMC)

148

50%

Islamic School League of America (ISLA)

2,180

51%

Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)

1,549

36%

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

216

41%

Mercy Secondary Education Association (MSEA)

370

13%

Mid Atlantic Christian Schools Association (MACSA)

297

18%

Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools

26,881

34%

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

1,226

25%

National Association for the Education of Young Children

135

11,475

36%

National Association of College Admissions Counselors

1,596

27%

National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES)

1,136

36%

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)

23,316

34%

National Association of Laboratory Schools

137

41%

National Association of Private Special Education Centers

4,367

45%

National Catholic Education Association

2,185

18%

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

188

57,097

38%

National Christian School Association (NCSA)

2,502

96%

National Coalition of Girls

2,312

25%

National Council for Private School Accreditation

624

National Independent Private Schools Association

888

19%

National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)

229

60%

National Middle School Association

625

18%

National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)

6,611

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

New Jersey Association of Independent Schools

20,302

37%

New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS)

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

214

30%

Orton Gillingham Academy of Practioners and Educators

Other associations(s) for exceptional children

3,974

52%

Other Montessori association(s)

1,589

53%

Other religious school association(s)

7,301

37%

Other school association(s)

107

15,155

46%

Other special emphasis association(s)

4,788

46%

Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)

621

36%

Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS)

214

94%

State or regional independent school association

7,409

37%

Texas Catholic Conference Education Department

The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)

2,407

49%

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America

149

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