Membership
As of the 2010-11 school year, NAIS represented approximately 1,400 member independent schools and associations in the US, serving more than 562,000 students and 121,000 teachers, administrators, and other staff.
Membership in NAIS is open to independent pre-college schools that are operated by nonprofit organizations. To become a full member of NAIS, a school must have operated for at least five years and must be accredited by an accrediting organization approved by NAIS.
NAIS-approved accreditors include the U.S. regional accreditation organizations for pre-college schools and the following associations that are association members of NAIS:
- Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS)
- Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools (AIMS)
- California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS/CA)
- Connecticut Association of Independent Schools (CAIS/CT)
- Council of International Schools (CIS)
- Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS)
- Hawaii Association of Independent Schools (HAIS)
- New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS)
- New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS)
- Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS)
- Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS)
- Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE)
- Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
- Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS)
- Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS)
- Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)
- Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools (SAES)
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