High School Online Homeschool Curriculum Options — Grades 9–12
Families homeschooling through high school can choose between accredited online school enrollment and independent online curriculum.
This distinction becomes especially important in grades 9–12 because families need to consider high school credits, transcripts, graduation requirements, college admissions, NCAA eligibility, dual enrollment, and transfer policies in addition to curriculum content.
Accredited Online High School Programs
These programs enroll the student in an accredited school. The school generally provides academic oversight, maintains official records, awards credits, and issues a diploma when graduation requirements are completed.
Acellus Academy
Acellus Academy is a fully online, self-paced private school serving grades K–12. High school students can choose from core courses, electives, foreign languages, career and technical education, honors, and Advanced Placement courses.
Type: Accredited online private school
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: ACS WASC
Approach: Secular
Format: Self-paced video and interactive lessons
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
AP Courses: Available
NCAA-Approved Courses: Available
Website: acellusacademy.com
Acellus Academy is the accredited school option associated with Acellus coursework.
Liberty University Online Academy
Liberty University Online Academy offers a complete Christian high school program for grades 9–12. Students complete coursework online with access to licensed teachers, academic advisors, and school support.
High school subjects include English, mathematics, science, history, Bible, world languages, and electives. Dual enrollment is available to qualifying juniors and seniors.
Type: Accredited online private school
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: ACSI and Cognia
Approach: Christian
Format: 100% online and self-paced
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
Dual Enrollment: Available
NCAA-Approved Courses: Available
Website: liberty.edu/online-academy
Ignite Christian Academy
Ignite Christian Academy is AOP's accredited online school. Students work directly with teachers and counselors while completing Christian online coursework.
High school courses include core subjects, electives, foreign languages, career courses, and college-preparation options. Ignite reports accreditation through Cognia and ACSI and offers NCAA-approved high school courses.
Type: Accredited online private school
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: Cognia and ACSI
Approach: Christian
Format: Online, teacher-guided
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
NCAA-Approved Courses: Available
Website: ignitechristianacademy.com
Laurel Springs School
Laurel Springs is a private online school offering flexible, college-preparatory high school coursework. Students can choose standard, honors, Advanced Placement, and NCAA-approved courses.
Laurel Springs is accredited by WASC and Cognia.
Type: Accredited online private school
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: WASC and Cognia
Approach: Secular/general college preparatory
Format: Flexible, self-paced online courses
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
AP & Honors: Available
NCAA-Approved Courses: Available
Website: laurelsprings.com
The Keystone School
The Keystone School provides a self-paced online high school program with core courses, electives, Advanced Placement courses, honors courses, world languages, and credit recovery.
The high school program is accredited by Cognia and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools' Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Type: Accredited online private school
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: Cognia and MSA-CESS
Approach: Secular/general
Format: Self-paced online learning
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
AP & Honors: Available
NCAA Courses: Available
Website: keystoneschoolonline.com
Enlightium Academy
Enlightium Academy is an accredited Christian online private school. High school students receive teacher support, counselor guidance, grading, transcripts, and academic planning.
The school offers standard, honors, NCAA-approved, and Advanced Placement options.
Type: Accredited online private school
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: Cognia and ACSI
Approach: Christian
Format: Online with teacher support
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
AP Courses: Available
NCAA-Approved Courses: Available
Website: enlightiumacademy.com
MiaPrep Online High School
MiaPrep Online High School is separate from the independent MiaPrep curriculum subscription. Students enrolled in the school receive teacher grading, academic advising, credits, transcripts, and a diploma.
MiaPrep Online High School is fully accredited by WASC for high school.
Type: Accredited online private school
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: ACS WASC
Approach: Secular
Format: Flexible, self-paced online learning
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
Teacher Feedback: Yes
Website: miaprep.com
Brightspire Virtual School
Brightspire is an accredited private virtual school serving grades 6–12. High school students can select from core courses, electives, AP courses, and career-focused options while receiving support from certified teachers, tutors, and mentors.
Brightspire is accredited by Cognia and offers NCAA-approved high school coursework.
Type: Accredited online private school
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: Cognia
Approach: Secular/general
Format: Self-paced online school with teacher support
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
AP Courses: Available
NCAA-Approved Courses: Available
Website: brightspirevirtualschool.com
Abeka Academy — Accredited Program
Abeka Academy offers a Christian high school program using streaming or DVD video instruction along with traditional Abeka textbooks.
Families can select Abeka's Accredited Program, which includes official academic records, report cards, transcripts, testing, and an Abeka Academy diploma. Abeka Academy is accredited by MSA-CESS and FACCS.
Type: Accredited homeschool academy
Grades: 9–12
Accreditation: MSA-CESS and FACCS
Approach: Christian, traditional
Format: Video instruction with textbooks
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
Website: abeka.com
BJU Press Academy of Home Education — Accredited Enrollment
The Academy of Home Education allows families using BJU Press curriculum to enroll in an accredited high school program.
Parents purchase the BJU Press curriculum separately while the Academy provides recordkeeping, academic oversight, transcript services, standardized testing, and graduation services. The accredited track has additional course and reporting requirements.
Type: Accredited homeschool enrollment
Grades: 9–12
Approach: Christian
Format: Online video and/or BJU Press textbook curriculum
Official Transcript & Diploma: Yes
Parent Involvement: Significant
Website: bjupresshomeschool.com
Independent / Non-Accredited Online High School Curriculum
These programs provide curriculum rather than enrollment in an accredited school. The parent remains responsible for assigning credits, maintaining the transcript, determining graduation requirements, and issuing the homeschool diploma unless another school or umbrella program is used.
Power Homeschool
Power Homeschool provides Acellus courses for families independently homeschooling their children.
High school students can choose from English, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign languages, career and technical education, fine arts, and electives.
Type: Independent online homeschool curriculum
Grades: 9–12
Accredited School Enrollment: No
Approach: Secular
Format: Self-paced video and interactive courses
Parent Maintains Transcript: Yes
Website: powerhomeschool.org
The distinction is:
Acellus Academy = Accredited school
Power Homeschool = Independent homeschool curriculum
Time4Learning
Time4Learning offers online high school curriculum for grades 9–12 with language arts, math, science, social studies, and electives.
It includes video lessons, quizzes, automatic grading, progress reports, and printable activities. Time4Learning explicitly states that it is a curriculum provider rather than a school and does not issue transcripts or diplomas.
Type: Independent online homeschool curriculum
Grades: 9–12
Accredited School Enrollment: No
Approach: Secular
Format: Online, self-paced
Automatic Grading: Yes
Parent Maintains Transcript: Yes
Website: time4learning.com
Families wanting an accredited school from the same company family can look at Brightspire Virtual School.
Monarch
Monarch is Alpha Omega Publications' online Christian homeschool curriculum for grades 3–12.
The program provides online courses in Bible, language arts, mathematics, science, history/geography, and electives, with automatic grading for much of the coursework and printable reports. AOP distinguishes Monarch from its accredited school, Ignite Christian Academy.
Type: Independent online curriculum
Grades: 9–12
Accredited School Enrollment: No
Approach: Christian
Format: Completely online and self-paced
Automatic Grading: Approximately 85% of student work
Parent Maintains Transcript: Yes
Website: aop.com
The distinction is:
Ignite Christian Academy = Accredited school
Monarch = Independent curriculum
Liberty Ember
Ember provides families access to Liberty's K–12 Christian curriculum without enrolling the student in Liberty University Online Academy.
High school courses are available for grades 9–12, including English, math, science, history, Bible, and electives. Liberty specifically identifies Ember as curriculum only. Parents are the teachers and no accredited transcript is provided.
Type: Independent online curriculum
Grades: 9–12
Accredited School Enrollment: No
Approach: Christian
Format: Online and self-paced
Teacher Assistance: No
Parent Maintains Transcript: Yes
Website: liberty.edu
The distinction is:
Liberty University Online Academy = Accredited school
Ember = Independent curriculum
Abeka Academy — Independent Study
Abeka allows high school families to select Independent Study (Unaccredited) instead of the accredited Abeka Academy program.
Students can use the same master-teacher video instruction and textbooks, but the parent has greater flexibility and remains responsible for homeschool records.
Type: Independent Study
Grades: 9–12
Accredited School Enrollment: No
Approach: Christian, traditional
Format: Streaming video or DVD with textbooks
Parent Maintains Records: Yes
Website: abeka.com
BJU Press Online Video Courses
BJU Press offers online video courses for grades K4–12 through its Homeschool Hub.
High school families can purchase individual subjects or use BJU Press courses to build a complete program. BJU explicitly states that its online video courses are not an online school, so accreditation does not apply to curriculum purchased independently.
Type: Independent homeschool curriculum
Grades: 9–12
Accredited School Enrollment: No when purchased independently
Approach: Christian, traditional
Format: Streaming instruction with textbooks/worktexts
Parent Maintains Transcript: Yes
Website: bjupresshomeschool.com
MiaPrep Curriculum
Families can subscribe directly to MiaPrep's online curriculum without enrolling in MiaPrep Online High School.
The independent MiaPrep curriculum covers grades 9–12 and includes video instruction, games, assignments, parent tools, and flexible course placement.
MiaPrep's curriculum itself has WASC Supplementary Education Program accreditation, but using the curriculum independently does not mean the student is enrolled in an accredited high school and does not result in school-issued credits or a diploma.
Type: Independent online homeschool curriculum
Grades: 9–12
School Enrollment: No
Approach: Secular
Format: Self-paced online
Parent Maintains Transcript: Yes
Special Status: WASC-accredited Supplementary Education Program
Website: miaprep.com
Discovery K12
Discovery K12 provides a secular online homeschool curriculum from Pre-K through twelfth grade.
The program includes 180 days of curriculum in reading/literature, language arts, math, science, history/social studies, visual and performing arts, and physical education. Additional courses include Spanish, personal finance, coding, and business.
Discovery K12 states that it is a curriculum platform for independent homeschoolers rather than an accredited school.
Type: Independent online curriculum
Grades: 9–12
Accredited School Enrollment: No
Approach: Secular
Format: Online
Parent Is Teacher: Yes
Website: discoveryk12.com
Easy Peasy All-in-One High School
Easy Peasy provides free online Christian high school curriculum. Families can select courses in English, mathematics, science, history, Bible, foreign language, electives, and other subjects.
Easy Peasy explicitly states that it is not a school and is not accredited. Parents determine credits and maintain their student's records.
Type: Independent online homeschool curriculum
Grades: High school
Accredited School Enrollment: No
Approach: Christian
Format: Online with links, assignments, readings, and printable work
Cost: Free curriculum
Parent Maintains Transcript: Yes
Website: allinonehighschool.com
Study.com Homeschool
Study.com offers a large library of online homeschool courses for grades 9–12, including English, Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, U.S. History, World History, Government, psychology, electives, and AP preparation.
The homeschool program provides video lessons, quizzes, tests, progress tracking, and automatic grading for many activities.
Study.com states that it is not an accredited institution and does not issue homeschool transcripts or final grades; parents remain responsible for those records.
Type: Independent online curriculum
Grades: 9–12
Accredited School Enrollment: No
Approach: Secular/general
Format: Short video lessons and online assessments
Parent Maintains Transcript: Yes
Website: study.com
A Note About Accreditation for High School
Accreditation is especially easy to misunderstand when comparing online high school programs.
It is important to distinguish between enrolling in an accredited school and purchasing or subscribing to online curriculum.
For example:
Acellus Academy = Accredited school enrollment
Power Homeschool = Independent curriculum
Liberty University Online Academy = Accredited school enrollment
Liberty Ember = Independent curriculum
Ignite Christian Academy = Accredited school enrollment
Monarch = Independent curriculum
Abeka Academy Accredited Program = Accredited enrollment
Abeka Independent Study = Unaccredited
BJU Academy of Home Education Accredited Track = Accredited enrollment
BJU Press Online Video Courses purchased independently = Independent curriculum
MiaPrep Online High School = Accredited school enrollment
MiaPrep curriculum subscription = Independent homeschool curriculum with WASC Supplementary Education Program accreditation
BJU explains the general distinction clearly: curriculum itself cannot be accredited in the same way that a school is accredited. Accreditation evaluates the institution providing academic oversight, recordkeeping, and other educational services.
Choosing an Online High School Curriculum
Families may want to compare:
Accredited School or Independent Homeschool • Secular or Faith-Based • Full-Time or Individual Courses • Self-Paced or Scheduled • Teacher-Led or Parent-Led • Automatic Grading • Teacher Feedback • Transcript Services • Diploma Issuance • Algebra Through Advanced Math • Laboratory Science • Foreign Language • Honors Courses • AP Courses • Dual Enrollment • Career & Technical Education • NCAA-Approved Courses • Credit Recovery • Electives • College Preparation • Graduation Requirements • Screen Time • Technology Requirements • Cost
High school curriculum planning should usually begin with a four-year credit plan rather than simply choosing a Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, or Grade 12 package. Students may progress through subjects at different rates, and course sequence becomes more important than grade labels.
Families should also decide early whether the student may need NCAA eligibility, selective college admission, dual enrollment, transfer back to a public or private school, military enlistment documentation, scholarships, or admission to an international university, because those goals can affect course selection and recordkeeping requirements.