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Pearson Online Academy

Grades and ages

Grades K-12

Tuition

2025-26 full-time: Elementary (K-5) $5,450, Middle (6-8) $7,050, High School (9-12) $8,250; 5% pay-in-full discount. Part-time courses $335 (K-8) and $435-$850 (high school).

About Pearson Online Academy

Pearson Online Academy is an accredited K-12 online private school that students attend from anywhere with an internet connection. It was founded in the spring of 2009 as International Connections Academy, the private-school extension of Connections Academy, and now operates under Pearson. Instruction is teacher-led, with certified teachers running classes and parents serving as Learning Coaches who help schedule lessons and track grades. Students meet in live online LiveLesson sessions and can join nearly 25 clubs and activities, so the program runs as a full virtual school rather than a self-directed homeschool kit. Families can enroll full-time or buy individual part-time and summer-school courses.

The curriculum is built around a college-prep track and covers core math, science, language arts, and social studies at every grade. Beyond the core, the school offers gifted and talented programming, honors classes, Advanced Placement courses, electives (world languages, music, game design, digital arts, and sign language among them), and a College Acceleration Program through which students can earn college credit before graduation. High school students follow graduation requirements toward a U.S. diploma, and many core high school courses are approved by the NCAA Eligibility Center. The model emphasizes one-to-one teacher support and personalized pacing, which can suit twice-exceptional learners and students with language-based learning differences who need flexibility, though the site does not describe formal special-education or therapeutic services.

Pearson Online Academy is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (it completed MSA reaccreditation in 2022) and by Cognia (formerly AdvancED) through SACS CASI, the Northwest Accreditation Commission, and NCA CASI. Tuition for the 2025-26 year is listed at $5,450 for elementary (K-5), $7,050 for middle school (6-8), and $8,250 for high school (9-12), with a 5% pay-in-full discount and no registration fee. Part-time courses run $335 for K-8 and $435 to $850 for high school. The school offers interest-free monthly payment plans plus pay-in-full, multi-child, and military discounts, and points families to state-funded education savings accounts and the West Virginia Hope Scholarship. Enrollment counselors can be reached at 1-877-804-6222 or POAadmissions@pearson.com.

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Who this school serves

Grades and ages

  • Private
  • Elementary (K-5)
  • High School (9-12)
  • Middle School (6-8)

Learning needs supported

  • language-based learning disabilities
  • twice-exceptional

School facts

Practical details for families

Tuition and funding

Tuition: 2025-26 full-time: Elementary (K-5) $5,450, Middle (6-8) $7,050, High School (9-12) $8,250; 5% pay-in-full discount. Part-time courses $335 (K-8) and $435-$850 (high school).

  • Interest-free monthly payment plans
  • Pay-in-full discount (5%)
  • Multi-child discount (5%)
  • Military discount (10%)
  • State-funded education savings accounts (ESAs)
  • West Virginia Hope Scholarship

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509 S Exeter St 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202

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