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    BYU Online High School

    A fully accredited private online school run by Brigham Young University that enrolls your student, teaches them with licensed teachers, grades their work, and issues an actual…

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    As a full curriculum
    4.3/5
    As a supplement
    4.1/5
    How this is scored
    College preparatory

    Validated advanced pathways, a real schedule with consequences, and work a person has to evaluate.

    How it scored

    Nine dimensions, each scored 0 to 4 by a reviewer working from the programme's own published materials.

    4
    Standards, Accuracy & Content Scope

    Is the content accurate, at the right level, and does it cover what it claims?

    3
    Focus, Coherence & Cognitive Rigor

    Does it build in a sensible order and make a student actually think?

    3
    Research-Consistent Instructional Design

    Is it taught in a way the research supports, with honest claims?

    3
    Assessment, Feedback & Demonstrable Mastery

    Can you actually see what your child learned, not just what they finished?

    4
    Accountability & Feedback Loop

    Does a qualified adult read your child's work and respond to it?

    3
    Adult Usability & Implementation Support

    How much work is this for you, and does it help you do that work?

    3
    Differentiation, Access & Learner Fit

    Does it flex for a struggling learner, an advanced one, or a different kind of learner?

    3
    Practical Feasibility & Transparency

    What does it truly cost, in money and time, and will it work where you live?

    4
    Academic Demand & College Readiness

    Is this preparing a student for college, or just for a diploma?

    The practical details

    Grades
    Grades 7 through 12, plus a separate adult diploma program. Students must be 12 or older by September 1 for 7th grade entry. Placement is…
    Subjects
    Full core: English, math, science, social studies. Grades 7-8 add PE, health, fine arts, digital studies, college and career awareness, and electives. Grades 9-12 add AP courses (AP Spanish Language and Culture Part 1 and Part 2 confirmed in the catalog), world languages, music, and electives. Advanced Diploma Track…
    How it runs
    Two formats, mixable within one diploma track. Semester Live: fall, spring, or summer semester, 16 to 18 weeks, weekly synchronous Virtual Live Instruction (VLI) sessions in each core subject at set times, homework deadlines, late work penalized 2% per day up…
    Who teaches
    Licensed human teachers employed by BYU OHS. The policies page states all instructors must hold a "current teaching license and subject endorsement." In Semester Live courses a teacher delivers live class sessions. In Flex On Demand courses the content is self-guided coursework, but a real assigned teacher is still…
    Who grades
    A human teacher grades student work. This is the clearest thing in BYU OHS documentation and it is the main reason to consider the program. The policies page states teachers grade assignments within 3 to 7 days of submission, that students should contact the teacher if a grade is not posted in that window, and that some assignments take longer with teacher notification. Grading is on a published unweighted scale…
    What the parent does
    The parent is NOT the teacher of record and NOT the grader. BYU OHS is the accredited school of record. Concretely, the adult must: submit the application and pay the $50 application fee; complete the enrollment packet and set up a FACTS billing account; make sure the student attends the required counselor or advisor meeting before registering (new students cannot self-register; returning students who met an advisor…
    Credit and records
    Accredited by Cognia and by the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Concurrent enrollment college credit runs through BYU, accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). BYU OHS issues its own diploma and official transcript ($5 per official transcript). Standard Diploma Track requires 24 credits; Advanced…
    Cost
    Real published numbers, 2026-2027 school year. FULL-TIME: Standard Diploma Track $2,140 per semester, $4,280 per year, covering up to 12 courses per year. Advanced Diploma Track $2,505 per semester, $5,010 per year, covering up to 14 courses per year. Full-time students may mix Semester Live and Flex On Demand courses inside their track. PART-TIME (per course): Semester Live $415 per course, Flex On Demand $315 per…
    Alaska notes
    TIME ZONE: live Virtual Live Instruction sessions are scheduled in Mountain Time, in both morning and afternoon sections. Alaska is 2 hours behind Mountain. A 8:00 a.m. MT section is 6:00 a.m. in Alaska; a 9:00 a.m. MT section is 7:00 a.m.; a 3:00 p.m. MT section is a comfortable 1:00 p.m. Alaska families should request afternoon MT sections and should confirm an afternoon…

    Strengths

    • A real accredited school takes the job off the parent: BYU OHS holds the transcript, licensed teachers grade the work within a stated 3 to 7 days, and the school issues the diploma. The parent is not…
    • Live and self-paced can be mixed inside a single diploma track, so a student can take the hard subject with a live teacher and classmates while running an elective self-paced on the family's own…
    • Concurrent enrollment through BYU Independent Study produces genuine BYU university credit on an official NWCCU-accredited BYU transcript, which transfers far better than typical homeschool or…

    Weaknesses

    • The refund window is short and absolute. Semester Live: full refund minus $30 only through 10 school days, nothing at all from day 11. Flex On Demand: 21 calendar days, nothing from day 22. Refunds…
    • The real total cost is not knowable from the website. Textbook and materials costs are not itemized on the tuition page, AP exam fees are explicitly the family's responsibility, and exam-retake…
    • NCAA eligibility is nowhere in BYU OHS's own documentation. The NCAA code widely cited online (450312) belongs to sister program BYU Independent Study, not to BYU OHS. Any family with a…
    Good fitA family that needs an outside accredited institution to own the transcript and the grading for a college-bound 9th to 12th grader, where the parent will supervise and pay but cannot or does not want to teach or grade the core subjects. It fits especially well for a self-motivated student aiming at competitive…
    Poor fitA family looking for a cheap part-time supplement: at $315 to $415 per course plus a $50 annual enrollment fee, filling gaps here is expensive compared to standalone curriculum. A family with unreliable, metered, high-latency, or satellite internet, because live class sessions and mandatory webcam-proctored final…

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