Compare Miacademy with us
Miacademy is an online video curriculum that runs through eighth grade. Here, every lesson in every subject is written for your child, and each piece of work is graded as soon as it comes in.
Shared video courses or lessons written for one child
Miacademy is an online curriculum for Kindergarten through Grade 8, with more than 80 courses in language arts, math, science, social studies, music and arts, world languages, life skills, and electives. Each course combines short teaching videos, interactive practice, and assessments. MiaPrep continues the program into Grades 7 through 12, with the parent as teacher of record, and MiaPrep Online High School is a separate school with teacher-graded assignments and a diploma.
Our lessons are written for one child at a time instead of chosen from a shared course.
Where your child starts
Miacademy's parent portal lets the parent assign lessons and set the schedule. The family chooses which of the published courses and lessons the child will work through, rather than starting with a test written for that child.
To start your child where they actually are, we write a placement test for each subject. It has 25 questions, or 12 for younger learners, and it adapts as your child answers.
From every answer, we estimate where your child is solid but not yet finished, and that's where they start. Each subject is placed on its own, so your child might begin in the middle of fourth-grade math and the beginning of fifth-grade reading. In grades 3 to 12, a child who prefers paper can print the free placement test, then upload a photo of the answer sheet for grading.
What a school day looks like
A Miacademy day moves through short teaching videos, step-by-step practice, and rewards. The child works at their own pace through the lessons the parent has assigned from the course library.
Our Parent Dashboard lays out today's lessons by subject. You can build the week around your family's hours and print it for the fridge.
Interactive articles weave in your child's interests, with images and videos made for them. Reading checks confirm understanding, then your child applies the idea in a project, such as optimizing lap times for F1 or working out a rocket’s fuel load.
When your child gets stuck
In Miacademy, help comes from the course itself: its teaching videos and step-by-step practice. MiaPrep Online High School adds live office hours with teachers.
Our Always-On Mentor sits beside every reading and project, so help is there the moment your child needs it.
The mentor also steps in on its own when your child seems stuck, explains the idea another way, and can make it visual by drawing on its board. In a reading check or a project, it guides your child's thinking without giving the answer away.
Learning to keep a notebook
From Grade 3, our readings offer an optional Notebook guide to help your child organize their learning. It encourages lesson headings and unit labels, and the printable guide offers tips for taking notes in their own words rather than copying the article.
The guide encourages your child to note where they struggled and how they got past it. One tip is to star a useful takeaway, then gather those takeaways into a review page. When your child scans and uploads their notebook pages, we help them remember those ideas and shape practice problems around the places they struggled.
Who grades the work
Miacademy records results in a built-in gradebook, and MiaPrep lets parents choose the passing grade. Families wait for written feedback from teachers in MiaPrep Online High School; the base curriculum does not include it.
We grade everything your child submits as soon as they submit it, so grading never lands on you. When your child gets something wrong, we help them work through it, and projects come back with feedback so they can revise them.
Records, state paperwork, and the transcript
Miacademy lets parents download grade and attendance reports at any time. It is accredited by ACS-WASC as a supplementary education program, a category for programs that do not issue diplomas.
At TheHomeschoolingCompany, your child's school record builds as they work: daily check-ins log attendance, and everything they finish is saved automatically. Attendance logs and learning summaries are ready to export, and we draft the documents your state asks for from that same record, including portfolios with real work samples.
Our high school transcript builds from completed work, with courses, letter grades, credits, and GPA calculated for you.
Moving from Miacademy to us
School in a Box includes up to 12 subjects, from the core to custom electives on anything your child is curious about. Single Subject covers one course, if you would rather start there.
Start the 14-day trial and choose School in a Box or Single Subject.
Pick your child's subjects, including any topics they have been asking to learn more about.
Your child takes a placement in each subject, and their whole curriculum is built around them.
Other questions
- Can we use ESA funds?
- Yes. We are an approved vendor in Arizona, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Utah. Your program decides which purchases it covers and how to pay through ClassWallet or Odyssey.
- Does it continue after Grade 8?
- Yes. Courses run through Grade 12, and high schoolers who are ready can take advanced courses built on AP course frameworks.
- Can brothers and sisters each have their own path?
- Yes. Each child takes a separate placement test, so siblings can be at different levels in the same subject, and one parent account holds them all.
Your child's curriculum. Your family's time.
See your child's interests shape the actual reading and assignment, with a path through high school.
$149/month per child after the trial.