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Top 20 Best Pennsylvania Private Elementary Schools Belonging to National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) (2024-25)

For the 2024-25 school year, there are 86 private elementary schools belonging to National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) serving 29,438 students in Pennsylvania. You can also find more schools membership associations in Pennsylvania.

The private elementary schools belonging to National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) in Pennsylvania include The Agnes Irwin School, Grier School, and Girard College.

The average tuition cost is $27,900, which is higher than the Pennsylvania private elementary school average tuition cost of $11,301.

45% of private elementary schools belonging to National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) in Pennsylvania are religiously affiliated (most commonly Friends and Catholic).

Milton Hershey School Photo - At Milton Hershey School, our founders' generosity and vision have enabled us to develop and maintain a whole child approach to education and programming that comes at no cost to our students or their families.

Germantown Academy Photo - Second grade students research various species in the Wissahickon Creek, which runs through the heart of GA's campus.

The Crefeld School Photo - Two Upper School Students on a beautiful day in Crefeld's field

AIM Academy Photo - MEETING LEARNING CHALLENGES WITH SCIENCE & LOVE: AT AIM, we recognize that children who learn differently need to be taught differently - and that's exactly what we do. Our passionately committed, highly-trained faculty employ techniques proven effective, and the results are remarkable. Each day we witness young people who doubted themselves in every way discover the gift of fearless learning.

Kimberton Waldorf School Photo - The 5th grade Pentathlon brings together Waldorf schools from a three-hour radius for a day of friendly athletic competition and collaboration -- the culmination of their Greek studies.

Delaware Valley Friends School Photo - Delaware Valley Friends School is a national leader in the field of educating students (grades 1-12) with dyslexia, dysgraphia, executive function disorders, ADHD, and other learning differences located in the Philadelphia area.

Westtown School Photo - The Westtown School campus includes 600 acres of land, a 14-acre lake with a beach and boathouse, and an arboretum and natural forest.

Montgomery School Photo - 5th Graders work with a team of scientists from the Ruth Patrick Center for Environmental Research (a program at the Academy of Natural Sciences) to conduct an in-depth study of Pickering Creek, which runs through Montgomery School's 60-acre campus.

The Shipley School Photo - Shipley Upper School

The Baldwin School Photo - Girls sometimes learn that the effect they predicted on paper isn't always what happens in the test tube, and that rethinking a reaction-- or learning about the world and coming up with a smart, new prediction-- is the real solution.

St. Edmund's Academy Photo - St. Edmund's Academy, Squirrel Hill, PA

Buckingham Friends School Photo - Upper School Math Class - Photo By: Ralph "Ozzie" Oswald

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