Miacademy

Miacademy is an online homeschool curriculum for kindergarten through eighth grade, sold to parents as one subscription that covers every course on the site. The homepage calls it "a full K-8 homeschool curriculum that's engaging, easy to use, and made to grow with your child," says it is trusted by 100,000+ families, and labels it an accredited program. It continues into high school through MiaPrep, which the homepage lists for grades 7 to 12, and through a private online school called MiaPrep Online High School.

Miacademy belongs to Miaplaza. The company's online homeschool page describes Miaplaza as "the parent corporation of the K-12 online curriculum providers Miacademy, Always Icecream, and Clever Dragons, as well as MiaPrep and MiaPrep Online High School." The entry here covers Miacademy and the MiaPrep high school options that sit on the same subscription model.

What a subscription includes

A single membership opens the whole catalog across all grade levels. According to the homepage, the subscription includes all K-8 courses in math, reading, science, social studies, electives and world languages, plus tools to track progress and attendance. It counts over 80 courses and 3000+ K-8 lessons, written by "a team of experienced educators," and says every course includes videos, interactive practice and assessments.

The online homeschool page lists the current course areas as Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Music and Arts, Foreign Languages, Life Skills and Biblical Studies. The company's blog adds coding to the electives. Because access is not tied to a grade, a parent can assign work above or below a child's age level, accelerating in a strong subject and slowing down in a weak one. The blog notes that Bible Studies is offered as an elective while core subjects are taught from a secular point of view.

The homepage describes what each grade band covers:

• Grades K-2: early math such as counting, place value and basic operations, reading and writing simple sentences, and science and social studies topics like animals, weather, maps and communities.
• Grades 3-5: multiplication, division and fractions, grammar, sentence structure and reading comprehension, and topics such as ecosystems, energy, geography and early civilizations.
• Grades 6-8: pre-algebra, geometry and ratios, analyzing texts and writing structured essays, scientific concepts, and history, geography and civics.

How lessons work

Most coursework is done on a laptop or tablet and is graded automatically. The online homeschool page describes a typical lesson as an engaging teaching video followed by "increasingly challenging practice games and quizzes," with untimed assessments for a student to show mastery. The company pitches this as game-based learning and says families will "never buy another textbook again," since videos, practice work, games and assessments are all on the site. Printable PDFs carry offline extension activities for hands-on work away from the screen, and the site footer links to a workbooks store.

Each child gets a personalized Learning Path. The company says the Learning Path gives parents complete access to everything their child learns and "automatically accommodates field trips and sick days." Parents can adjust it at any time for academic needs, learning struggles, advanced skills or learning differences. The site calls the curriculum "endlessly adaptable to meet your family's needs and easily fits all homeschool styles."

Accessibility and support for different learners

Miacademy pitches itself to children with learning differences or disabilities. The homepage lists short teaching videos, step-by-step practice, fun rewards, flexible scheduling for extra time or an accelerated pace, and features like text-to-speech, untimed tests and dark mode. The company's blog says flexible pacing, read-aloud tools, a distraction-free interface and multisensory lesson design make Miacademy "especially supportive for autistic, ADHD, and other neurodivergent learners."

Parent tools and record keeping

When a child completes a lesson, the parent gradebook updates with the grade and the time spent learning. Parents can print or download detailed attendance, on-site time and achievement score reports from the Parent Page, which helps families who must keep records for their state. The company says checking progress "can take as little as five minutes a day." A homepage testimonial from Ana & Zoe puts it simply: "I can assign lessons, track progress, and set her schedule through the parent portal."

The online homeschool page states the membership terms plainly: "All members get unlimited access to ALL courses available on our site across all grade levels, plus access to community features and our powerful Parent Portal tools. We never have any hidden or annual fees or any features locked behind higher paywalls."

The optional community

The community is optional, switched on or off from the Parent Portal, and the company says it is "fully moderated by live managers." With a parent's permission, a child can post and comment on other members' statuses, buy and care for pets, create, buy and sell clothing, furniture and other items in a virtual store, challenge others to the Dragon Race and other learning games in the Arcade, write articles and stories for the weekly newspaper, join a team that competes for a monthly top spot by earning Gold (the site currency), send private messages and gifts, upload videos and customize a MiniMe avatar.

The company says its moderators review every word, uploaded video and design before other users see them, that a site helper called Mia answers children's questions, and that the community is compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, with student accounts never tracked for marketing or information purposes.

Accreditation

The online homeschool page states that Miacademy is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS-WASC) as a Supplemental Educational Program (SEP), and that the 9th to 12th grade site, MiaPrep, is also accredited by the same body. The company says families can use the program as a core curriculum or to supplement a child's primary schooling.

High school

For grades 9 to 12, MiaPrep keeps the same self-paced, customizable approach. Families who want more structure can choose the company's private school, which the site describes as "our private school MiaPrep Online High School (MOHS) in addition to the classic MiaPrep curriculum." There, according to the same page, students "meet with real teachers and advisors, join student clubs, and earn a high school diploma upon graduation." The diploma belongs to the online school, not to the self-paced MiaPrep curriculum.

Pricing and trial

The homepage pricing table is per student:

• Monthly: $48 a month, with the first month at $1.99 and cancellation at any time.
• One Year: $480 a year, which the page calls the equivalent of $40 a month.
• Lifetime: $1120 once, per student.
• Family Lifetime: $2520 once, for up to 4 students.

The One Year, Lifetime and Family Lifetime plans each show a 30-day Satisfaction Guarantee, and the homepage promises "Cancel anytime, get a refund if not satisfied." For high school, the company's blog gives $54 a month for grades 9 to 12, and the site's trial banner prices the 9th to 12th grade trial at $9.95.

The blog offers the code ONBUDGET10 for 10% off any new membership. The homepage also points families to state funding checks and to charter schools that may cover a membership.

Support runs through live chat with customer service agents on the parent homepage and by email, according to the online homeschool page.

Who it suits

Miacademy fits families who want one price to cover every subject and every grade level, with automated grading and records a parent can download for compliance. Its accessibility features and multisensory lessons make it a strong option for children who are autistic, have ADHD or move unevenly across subjects, since a parent can set each subject at the right level. The lifetime plans suit families who expect to homeschool several children for years.

The company's own blog names the families it does not fit: those who want a faith-based core curriculum, a fully offline or workbook-based program, or a low-tech, entirely parent-led approach. At the K-8 level there are no live classes with teachers; families who want that kind of contact will find it only in the high school online school.