This is a list of some of the current and former

democratic school Democratic education is a type of formal education that is organized democratically, so that students can manage their own learning and participate in the governance of their school. Democratic education is often specifically emancipatory, with ...

s around the world. This list also includes sub-branches of democratic schools such as

Sudbury school A Sudbury school is a type of school, usually for the K-12 age range, where students have complete responsibility for their own education, and the school is run by a direct democracy in which students and staff are equal citizens. Students use the ...

s inspired by the Sudbury Valley School and certain anarchistic free schools that align with the broad principles of

democratic education Democratic education is a type of formal education that is organized democratically, so that students can manage their own learning and participate in the governance of their school. Democratic education is often specifically emancipatory, wit ...

Australia

New South Wales: * Currambena School Lane Cove, Sydney NSW Victoria: * Preshil Kew, Melbourne VIC * Alia College Hawthorn East, Melbourne VIC Queensland: * Brisbane Independent School Pullenvale, Brisbane QLD

Brazil

* Escola Lumiar (São Paulo)

Canada

* ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto) *

Rochdale College Rochdale College was an experiment in student-run alternative education and co-operative living in Toronto, Canada from 1968 to 1975. It provided space for 840 residents in a co-operative living space. It was also an informal, noncredited fre ...

(Toronto) (closed) * SEED Alternative School (Toronto)

Germany

Neue Schule Hamburg

India

Walden's Path Walden's Path School is located in Hyderabad, India. It follows Cambridge IGCSE syllabi. The School is inspired by Jiddu Krishnamurti's Educational Philosophy. Philosophy The school is inspired by Jiddu Krishnamurti's philosophy and his life ...

(Hyderabad)

Israel

* Democratic School of Hadera (Hadera)

New Zealand

* Auckland Metropolitan College, Mt. Eden, Auckland--(closed December 2001) * Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Christchurch (This is NOT a democratic school but it is a special character school. Their educational principles are very democratic, but they still have grades, exams and a curriculum. The difference between a traditional and Ao Tawhiti school is that kids at Ao Tawhiti school choose the subjects they want to attend.) * Tamariki School, Christchurch

Portugal

* Escola da Ponte (Vila Das AVES)

United Kingdom

Currently Open * Sands School (Ashburton, Devon) *

Summerhill School Summerhill School is an independent (i.e. fee-paying) boarding school in Leiston, Suffolk, England. It was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other ...

(Leiston, Suffolk) Former democratic schools now closed *

Dartington Hall School Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is an historic house and country estate of dating from medieval times. The group of late 14th century buildings are Grade I listed; described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as " ...

(Devon) * Kilquhanity School (Kirkcudbright) * Kirkdale School (SE London) *

Malting House School The Malting House School (also known as the Malting House Garden School) was an experimental educational institution that operated from 1924 to 1929. It was set up by the eccentric and, at the time, wealthy Geoffrey Pyke in his family home in Ca ...

(Cambridge) * Rowen House School (Belper) * Risinghill School (London) * Scotland Road Free School (Liverpool) * The Small School (Hartland, Devon) * The Family School (SW London)

United States

California * Deep Springs College (Deep Springs) Illinois *

Shimer College Shimer Great Books School (pronounced ) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, with a history of being ...

(Chicago) Maine * Liberty School (Blue Hill, Maine) Maryland * Fairhaven School (Upper Marlboro) Massachusetts * The Group School, Cambridge, Massachusetts * Mission Hill School * Sudbury Valley School (Framingham) * Warehouse Cooperative School New York * Brooklyn Free School,

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, beh ...

, f. 2004 * Albany Free School (Albany) *

Lehman Alternative Community School The Lehman Alternative Community School (LACS) is a public, alternative, combined middle and high school in the Ithaca City School District in Ithaca, New York. The school serves grades 6–12 with approximately 305 students. History In 1974, p ...

(Ithaca) North Carolina * Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville) Ohio *

Antioch College Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was it ...

* Antioch School Oregon * Village Free School (Portland) * Adams High School (Portland) (closed) Pennsylvania * The Circle School (Harrisburg) * The Delta Program, a program within State College Area High School (State College) *

Philadelphia Free School The Philadelphia Free School also known as Philly Free School or PFS, is a Democratic Free School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philly Free School operates on the democratic education or ''Sudbury school'' model. The school opened in the fall of ...

* The Sphere College Project (Phoenixville) *

Three Rivers Village School Three Rivers Village School is the first democratic school in Pittsburgh, PA. It operates on the Sudbury school model of democratic education. Three Rivers Village School opened in the Fall of 2013 and accepts students from Kindergarten throug ...

(Pittsburgh) * Upattinas School and Resource Center (Glenmoore) (closed) Vermont *

Goddard College Goddard College is a progressive education private liberal arts low-residency college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. The college offers undergraduate and ...

(Plainfield) Virginia * The New School of Northern Virginia (Fairfax) Washington * The Clearwater School (Bothell) *

(Port Washington and Seattle) West Virginia *

The Highland School The Highland School is a democratic school for day and boarding students in Ellenboro, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1981 by Charlotte and Steve Landvoigt. The school was inspired by the Summerhill School in Suffolk, England an ...

(Highland)