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Click on the country to view all school names.  Click on the school names to expand to detailed contact information and descriptions of eachTotal number of schools in each country are in parenthesis.  Currently there are 198 total schools in 29 total countries represented.

Australia (8)
Austria (3)
Belgium (3)
Brazil (6)
Canada (10)
Columbia (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Denmark (4)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Germany (6)
Guatemala (1)
Hungary (1)
India (2)
Indonesia (1)
Israel (24)
Japan (6)
Nepal (1)
Netherlands (18)
New Zealand (3)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Russia (3)
South Korea (6)
Thailand (2)
Ukraine (1)
United Kingdom (3)
United States of America (78)
International (1)

Australia
  
Alia College (Melbourne)
   Blacktown Youth College (Bidwill)
   Currambena Primary & Preschool (Lane Cove)
   Fitzroy Community School (Melbourne)
   Kinma Primary & Preschool (Sydney)
   Pine Community School (Brisbane)
   Preshil, The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School (Melbourne)
   Village School (Melbourne)

Austria
  
Die Hupfauer (Monchdorf)
   SchuelerInnenschule im Wuk (Vienna)
   Schulkollektiv Wien Wuk (Vienna)

Belgium
  
De Vlinder Sudbury School (Ghent)
   De Weide (Erpe-Mere)
   Leerhuis Brussel (Brussels)

Brazil
   Baniwa School Coripaco Pamáali
   Centro Integrado de Educação de Jovens e Adultos do Campo Limpo (CIEJA) (São Paulo)
   Cidade Escola Aprendiz (São Paulo)
   Escola de Educação Infantil e Ensino Fundamental Teia Multicultural (São Paulo)
   Escola Lumiar (São Paulo)
   Tuyuka School

Canada
  
Agate Private School (London)
   ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)
   Alternative High School (Calgary)
   The Beach School (Toronto)
   Fairfield School (Wolfville)
   Indigo Sudbury Campus (South Edmonton)
   Sagemount School (Embrun)
   The Village Garden School (Kingston)
   Windsor House Alternative Program (North Vancouver)
   Wondertree Learning Center (Vancouver)

Columbia
  
Colegio Bilingue Jorge Emilio Gutierrez (Bogota)

Costa Rica
  
Summerhill Latinoamericano

Denmark
  
Det Frie Gymnasium (Kobenhavn)
   Naestved Fri Skole (Naestved)
   Lilleskolernes Sammenslutning
   Yggdrasil Skolen / Det Sydfynske

Finland
  
Feeniks-Koulu (Jarvenpaa)

France
  
Lycee Autogere De Paris (Paris)
   Lycee Experimental (Saint Nazaire)

Germany
  
Freie Schule am Mauerpark (Berlin)
  
Freie Schule Frankfurt (Frankfurt)
   Freie Schule Leipzig (Leipzig)
   Kapriole (Freiburg)
   Neue Schule Hamburg (Hamburg)
   Ting Freie demokratische Schule Berlin e.V. (Berlin)

Guatemala
  
El Colegio Naleb (Fraijanes)

Hungary
  
Carl Rogers Person-Centered School (Budapest)

India
  
Abacus Montessori School (Chennai)
   Butterflies Program for Street and Working Children (New Delhi)

Indonesia
  
SLTP Alternatif Kampung Pingin Maju (Kampung Pingin Maju Junior High School) (Center Java)

Israel
  
Democrati Lev Hasharon (Lev Hasharon)
   The Democratic School of Kfar Sava (Kfar-Sava)
   The Democratic School of Ono Valley (Kiryat-Ono)
   Dolfin (Eilat)
   Eynot-Yarden (Upper Galilee)
   Hadera Democratic School (Hadera)
   Hashita (Rehovot)
   Hod Hasharon Democratic School (Hod Hasharon)
   Jerusalem Sudbury School (Jerusalem)
   Kanaf Democratic School (Ramat Ha'Golan)
   Kedem - Democratic School of Arad (Arad)
   Kehila - Democratic School in Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv)
   The Keshet School (Zichron Yaakov)
   Kfar Kera Democratic School (Kfar Kera)
   Korczak Democratic School of Holon (Holon)
   Meitar (Kibbutz Beit Oren)
   Merchav (Givat Chen)
   Nadav - The Modi'in Democratic School (Modi'in)
   The Open Democratic School Jaffa (Tel Aviv)
   Shachaf Democratic School (Shoham)
   Shalem (Upper Galilee
   Tefen Experimental School (Tefen Industrial State)
   Yafa - The Arab Democratic School (Jaffa)
   Ziv-Kishurit (Kibbutz Kishor)
 
Japan
  
Democratic School Makkukurosuke (Kanzakigun)
   Democratic School Sola (Nishinomiya City)
   Global Community School (Takasago City)
   Kinokuni Children's Village (Hashimoto-shi)
   Terakoya Houjousya (Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima)
   Tokyo Shure (Tokyo)

Nepal
  
Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir (Kathmandu)

Netherlands
  
Aquariushoeve (Nieuwleusen)
   Aventurijn School (Loenen)
   De Kleine Wijzer (Udenhout)
   De Ruimte (Soest)
   De Vallei (Renkum)
   De Vrije Ruimte (Scheveningen)
   Guus Kieft School
   Iederwijs Apeldoorn “Wonderwijs” (Loenen)
   Iederwijs Betuwe (Tiel)
   Iederwijs Castricum (Deventer)
   Iederwijs Deventer (Deventer)
   Iederwijs Heuvelrug (Driebergen-Rijsenburg)
   Iederwijs Leeuwarden (Leeuwarden)
   Iederwijs Lopik (Lopik)
   Iederwijs Salland de Ontdekking (Heino)
   Iederwijs Schaijk/Oss (Schaijk)
   Iederwijs Slochteren (Slochteren)
   Iederwijs Someren (Someren)

New Zealand
  
Mountain Valley School (Motueka)
  
Tamariki School (Christchurch)
  
Timatanga (Auckland)

Poland
  
ASSA (Wroclaw)

Portugal
   Escola da Ponte (Villa Das AVES)

Russia
  
Kluch School (Moscow)
   Moscow International Film School (Moscow)
   School for Self-Determination (Moscow)

South Korea
  
Dream School (Seoul)
  
San Children's School (Gyeonggi-Do)
  
School Star (Seoul)
   Small School (Gwang jin) (Seoul)
   Small School (Youngsan) (Seoul)
  
Sung Mi San School (Seoul)

Thailand
   Moo Baan Dek (Siam)
   Whispering Seed (Kanchanaburi)

Ukraine
  
Private Secondary Family School AIST (Stork Family School) (Vinnytsia)

United Kingdom
England
  
Park School (Dartington)
  
Sands School (Ashburton)
  
Summerhill School (Leiston)

United States of America
Click on the state or territory to view all school names.  Click on the school names to expand to detailed contact information and descriptions of eachTotal number of schools in each state or territory are in parenthesis.  Currently there are 78 total schools in 32 total states and territories represented.
Alabama (1)
Alaska (2)
Arizona (2)
California (5)
Colorado (5)
Connecticut (1)
Delaware (1)
Florida (5)
Georgia (1)
Hawaii (1)
Indiana (1)
Maine (4)
Maryland (2)
Massachusetts (4)
Michigan (1)
Minnesota (1)
New Hampshire (4)
New Jersey (2)
New Mexico (1)
New York (10)
North Carolina (2)
Oregon (2)
Pennsylvania (2)
Puerto Rico (2)
Rhode Island (1)
Tennessee (2)
Texas (2)
Utah (1)
Vermont (1)
Virginia (5)
Washington (3)
West Virginia (1)


Alabama
  
Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education (Fairhope)

Alaska
   School Within a School (East Anchorage High School) (Anchorage)
   Stellar Secondary School (Anchorage)

Arizona
   A Full Table (Sahuarita)
   Highland Free School (Tucson)

California
   Cedarwood Sudbury School (Santa Clara)
   Diablo Valley School (Concord)
   Manzanita School (San Luis Obispo)
   Play Mountain Place (Los Angeles)
   Sacramento Valley School (Sacramento)

Colorado
   Alpine Valley School (Wheat Ridge)
   Eagle Rock School (Estes Park)
   Jefferson County Open School (Lakewood)
   The Living School (Boulder)
   The Patchwork School (Broomfield)

Connecticut
  
Mountain Laurel Sudbury School (New Britain)

Delaware
  
The New School (Newark)

Florida

   Grassroots School (Tallahassee)
   SAIL High School (Tallahassee)
  
School Without Walls (Live Oak)
  
Spring Valley School (Palm Harbor)
  
Stonesoup School (Crescent City)

Georgia
  
Horizons School (Atlanta)

Hawaii
  
Sudbury Maui (Haiku)

Indiana
  
Harmony School (Bloomington)

Maine
   The Community School (Camden)
   The Discovery School (Lewiston)
   The New School (Kennebunk)
   School Around Us (Arundel)

Maryland
  
Fairhaven School (Upper Marlboro)
  
The Freedom School (Barnesville)

Massachusetts
  
Balance Rock Center (Jefferson)
   School Within a School (Brookline High School) (Brookline)
   Stone Soup School (Worcester)
   Sudbury Valley School (Framingham)

Michigan
  
Clonlara School (Ann Arbor)

Minnesota
  
Second Foundation School (Minneapolis)

New Hampshire
  
Ashuelot River Free School (Winchester)
  
The Community School (South Tamworth)
   The Meeting School (Rindge)
  
Woodland Community School (Bethlehem)

New Jersey

   The Teddy McArdle Free School (Little Falls)
  
Voyagers Community School (Colts Neck)

New Mexico
  
The Tutorial School (Sante Fe)

New York
   Academic Community for Educational Success (Bedford Hills)
   Brooklyn Free School (Brooklyn)
   The Free School (Albany)
   Harriet Tubman Free School (Albany)
   Hudson Valley Sudbury School (Kingston)
   Lehman Alternative Community School (Ithaca)
   Little River Community School (Canton)
   Longview School and Homeschooling Center (Cortlandt Manor)
   Scarsdale Alternative School (Scarsdale)
   School Without Walls (Rochester)

North Carolina
   Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)
   Katuah Sudbury School (Fletcher)

Oregon

   Trillium Charter School (Portland)
   The Village Free School (Portland)

Pennsylvania
   The Circle School (Harrisburg)
  
Upattinas School and Resource Center (Glenmoore)

Puerto Rico
   Casa Sudbury (Cidra)
  
Espacio A (San Juan)

Rhode Island
  
The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (Providence)

Tennessee
   The Farm School (Summertown)
   Laurel High School (Knoxville)

Texas
   Brazos Valley Sudbury School (Houston)
   The Real School AKA Dragon Valley (Houston)

Utah
   Sego Lily School (Salt Lake City)
 
Vermont
   Red Cedar School (Bristol)

Virginia
  
ARCH Academy (Staunton)
   Blue Ridge Sudbury School (Lynchburg)
   H-B Woodlawn Program (Arlington)
   The New School of Northern Virginia (Fairfax)
   Shenandoah Valley Community School (Lacey Spring)

Washington
   The Clearwater School (Bothell)
   Pudget Sound Community School (Seattle)
   The Trillium School (Indianola)

West Virginia

   The Highland School (Highland)

International
   Global Village School (Ojai, CA, U.S.A.)
 
       
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