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Top 25 Forest schools based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 2,552 forest schools headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 35,739 professional contacts across them, including 6,272 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers forest schools headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest forest schools based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14,348 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Transform lives-including yours-with the nation’s leading provider of early childhood education and child care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 795 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and adults.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 506 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “An exclusive childcare company that focuses on unique curriculum to promote global learning for the next generation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 332 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool offers a safe, secure & nurturing environment through our Distinctive Services and proprietary, Reggio Emilia inspired curriculum.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 251 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Creative World Schools are fun-filled, engaging places where children of all ages can explore their curiosity about the world!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 188 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Environmental science in nature’s classroom NatureBridge provides hands-on environmental science programs for young people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 178 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tinkergarten helps families get outside to make the most of their kids’ early learning years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Learning Tree provides an environment meant to exceed accreditation and licensing guidelines in nutrition, health and safety.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our vision is simple - to be the most nurturing environment for children and the most trusted by parents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LeafSpring Schools are differentiated by a proven approach to early childhood education that is validated by more than 35 years of successful operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1970, our founder Lila McDill had one vision: children learn by doing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The mission of Chicago Youth Centers (CYC) is to provide high-quality early learning and out-of-school time enrichment in under-resourced neighborhoods to holistically support…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wilderness Inquiry connects people of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and abilities to shared outdoor adventures so that all people can equitably experience the benefits of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Teton Science Schools connects people, place, and nature through education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Now LeafSpring Schools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Suzuki School provides the youngest students with high quality experiences in infant and early childhood education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kieve Wavus Education (KWE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to leading experiential and educational programs for building healthy, resilient, and engaged communities of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Aloha Foundation is a Vermont-based nonprofit that provides summer camps, family camps, and education programs emphasizing simplicity, the outdoors, and living in community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Independence School welcomes children from age 3 through 8th grade, providing a strong academic foundation on a beautiful 90-acre campus.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pali Institute is a rigorous, fast-paced and fun outdoor education program that constantly strives to develop exciting outdoor curriculum for students in grades 4-12.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sprout Up (formerly Environmental Education for the Next Generation) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1971, is a non-profit program run by a board of directors comprised of parents, teachers and members of the community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cincinnati Nature Center connects people of all ages with the natural world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Keewaydin Foundation provides camping experiences and challenges that help children achieve significant personal growth by living in a community, being independent and living…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ODC Network (ODC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Holland, Michigan, with a mission to advance outdoor education and conservation throughout West Michigan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: forest schools. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names forest schools.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of forest schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name forest schools. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Forest schools based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 2,552 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among forest schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “forest schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names forest schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among forest schools, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 6,272 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names forest schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many forest schools are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 2,552 forest schools headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Kindercare Learning Companies, headquartered in Lake Oswego, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most forest schools?
New York leads with 62 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (37) and Chicago (30).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 6,272 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,552 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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