Compare / Best Homeschool Curriculum for High School
Scope: Homeschool curriculum for grades 9 through 12, from full boxed years to single-subject courses. Not online or accredited schools, or dual enrollment.
Last updated:
We may earn a commission if you buy through links on this page, at no extra cost to you. Match order is fit-first — grade, worldview, budget, parent time, format, and learning style — and commissions never change that order. See our affiliate disclosure.
Get your top 2–3 curriculum matches — free quiz
About three minutes, no account. Matches are fit-ranked.
High school is where homeschool curriculum shopping changes shape. Your teen can read and work on their own for longer stretches, you start thinking about credits and a transcript, and many families stop buying one program for everything. Six questions sort most families quickly.
One boxed year, or build by subject? Some publishers sell a full grade-level year with the books and a daily plan. Others sell one course at a time, so you assemble the year: a literature or history core here, a math course there, a lab science from somewhere else. Both are normal in high school. Building by subject gives you more control and more decisions.
How much parent time do you have? Parent time usually drops in high school because teens can read, watch lessons, and do assignments on their own. It does not drop to zero. Someone still checks the work, discusses the reading, grades the writing, and keeps records. Some programs on this page expect you to teach daily, and others carry more of the teaching once you pick the course.
Credits and transcripts. Homeschool parents usually keep the high school record: which courses your teen took, what they covered, and the grades you gave. Several publishers sell planning or transcript tools, and we note them below. We do not give legal advice. Graduation and record rules differ by state, so check your own state’s homeschool rules before you plan the four years. The Home School Legal Defense Association publishes a state-by-state summary of homeschool rules.
Worldview. Most linked programs on this page are Christian. BookShark calls itself faith-neutral, and All In One Curriculum calls itself secular. See the FAQ for details before you shop.
College prep. If your teen is headed to college, look at the upper-level math and lab science options early, because those are the courses most families end up buying separately.
Budget. We use three words: low, mid, and high. We do not print prices, because prices and sales change.
| Program | Shape | Worldview | Parent time | Open-and-go | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonlight | A literature-based year built from a History / Bible / Literature program, or an All-Subjects package by grade. | Christian and Christ-centered. | Medium, because high school is designed for independent study while you stay involved as a mentor. | Yes for planning only, because the Instructor’s Guide schedules the year and you still discuss and grade. | High. |
| BookShark | A literature-based year by level, with Level I, Level J, and the newer World and U.S. levels for high school. | Faith-neutral, in BookShark’s own FAQ. | Medium, because you still discuss the reading and check the work. | Yes for planning only, because the Instructor’s Guide lays out each day. | High. |
| Memoria Press | A boxed classical year for each grade through grade 12, with a curriculum manual of daily lesson plans. | Classical Christian. | High, because you teach from the manual, including Latin and logic. | Yes for planning only, because the manual writes the days and you still teach them. | High. |
| Compass Classroom | A streaming video course library you pick courses from, not one boxed year. | Christian with a classical lean. | Low once a course is chosen, though you still assign courses and check the work. | Yes for planning once a course is chosen, because the video teacher carries the lessons. | Mid. |
| SchoolhouseTeachers.com | A Christian membership library with many high school courses and optional School Boxes you can adapt. | Christian. | Medium, because you choose the courses and stay involved in them. | Yes for opening a course, and you still choose which courses make the year. | Mid. |
| All In One Curriculum | A one-time PDF high school pack, or single courses, with parent teaching guides and student course books. | Secular, with evolution lessons included. | Medium, because the parent teaches from the guides. | Yes for planning, because the parent guide lays out the lessons. | Low. |
| Teaching Textbooks | A math app for Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus in high school. | Math only, so we did not score it on worldview. | Low, because the app presents and grades every problem, though you still watch progress. | Yes, because the lessons and grading run inside the app. | Low. |
| Journey Homeschool Academy | Science video courses from a Christian publisher, with labs, sold one course at a time. | Christian. | Low, because Journey describes high school as independent study. | Yes once a course is chosen, because the video lessons carry the course. | Mid. |
| 7Sisters Homeschool | Downloadable high school English and elective courses. | Christian titles are part of the line, such as Great Christian Writers. | Medium, because you still discuss and grade the writing. | Yes for planning, because each course comes as a written guide. | Low. |
Pricing and package contents change. Check current packages on each publisher site.
There is no single best pick for every teen. The sections below are ordered by the job each program does, not by rank: full boxed years first, then course libraries, then a secular download, then single subjects for families who build the year themselves.
Fits families who want real books at the center of history and literature, a written plan for the year, and a teen who can read independently with a parent checking in.
Sonlight is a Christian, Christ-centered, literature-based curriculum. Its high school page lists History / Bible courses such as American History, History of the Christian Church, 20th Century World History, American Government / Civics & Economics, and World History & Worldview Studies, paired with Literature / Language Arts courses at matching levels. A History / Bible / Literature package or an All-Subjects package includes the required books and a guide. Instructor’s Guide sets such as 420 and 430 are sold without the books, so check what you are ordering. Its high school science options include Apologia and Berean courses, and its math options include Math-U-See and Saxon.
Sonlight says its high school courses are designed for independent study. Each History / Bible and Literature course comes with a Student Guide for your teen and a separate Parent Guide with answers and notes. That does not take the parent out of the year. Sonlight’s philosophy page says the program requires significant parental involvement and that you have the opportunity to serve as mentor to your own children. Its 11th grade All-Subjects page lists 1 to 2.5 hours of daily parent time across all subjects. Sonlight also sells a College and Career Planning Kit for grades 9 through 12 that covers coursework, testing, and transcripts.
BookShark describes its own beginnings on its blog: it was built as a curriculum based as much as possible on the existing Sonlight product, with the faith-based materials removed. That does not mean the reading lists are identical, and it does not mean they share no titles. BookShark’s FAQ calls it faith-neutral: it does not espouse or oppose any faith, and its science and history programs do not teach evolution, creationism, or intelligent design. For high school, the FAQ lists Level I for ages 13 to 15, Level J for ages 14 to 18, and two newer high school levels, World and U.S. BookShark schedules four days a week and leaves the fifth day open. Optional BookShark Virtual adds online schedules, assessments, and grading, and students still read the physical books. BookShark is a curriculum provider, not a school, and it is not accredited.
Pick Sonlight or BookShark if:
Skip both if you need low parent time, a video teacher for most subjects, a secular science course that teaches evolution, or a low budget.
Compare them directly: Sonlight vs BookShark.
Shop: Shop Sonlight →
Shop: Shop BookShark →
Fits Christian families who want a complete classical year for each high school grade, with Latin, logic, and great books, and who can give high parent teaching time.
Memoria Press sells classical Christian grade-level packages through grade 12, including Eleventh Grade and Twelfth Grade Curriculum Sets. Each package comes with a curriculum manual of daily lesson plans, and Memoria Press says you just open it up and teach from the books in the plan. That is the planning. The teaching is still yours, which is why parent time is high.
High school is where logic and rhetoric arrive. The ninth grade package covers literature, math, science, classical and Christian studies, Latin, composition, logic, and modern studies, with Traditional Logic I and II, Novare General Biology, Memoria Algebra II, and books such as Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the Aeneid. The tenth grade package moves to Material Logic, Novare General Chemistry, and VideoText Geometry, with Greek tragedies in classical studies and Shakespeare in literature. Memoria Press also sells a full-year Classical Rhetoric course for grades 9 and up. Some subjects include streaming instructional videos, such as the logic courses.
Check placement if you are starting Memoria Press in high school. The ninth grade page says students should finish First through Fourth Form Latin before Henle Latin Second Year, and it offers a transition set if you are new to Memoria Algebra.
Pick Memoria Press if:
Skip Memoria Press if you need low parent time, a secular program, or a teen who works mostly alone, or if your student has had no Latin and you do not want to catch up.
Compare it directly: best classical homeschool curriculum and Memoria Press vs Sonlight.
Shop: Shop Memoria Press →
Fits Christian families who want a video teacher to carry history, Bible, literature, and science lessons, and who will choose the courses and check the work.
Compass Classroom is a Christian, classical-leaning streaming course library, mainly for grades 6 through 12. You pick courses rather than buying one boxed year. The Compass Membership gives access to more than 40 streaming courses, with an individual plan for one student or a family plan for one parent and four students. Some courses require physical books, noted on each course page.
Its Plan Your Year guide recommends high school courses such as Understanding the Old Testament and Understanding the New Testament, Antiquity, Christendom, and Modernity history, American History, Devotional Biology and Earth & Space Science as lab sciences, British & World Literature, How Should We Then Live?, Economics for Everybody, Visual Latin, Creative Writing, and Calculus for Everyone. Logic, Fitting Words, and Western Culture courses are sold separately and are not in the membership. The guide also lists some live classes, which are outside the scope of this page. The only math course on the high school list, and the only math course in its Math & Logic shop category, is Calculus for Everyone, so plan on a separate math program for algebra and geometry.
Pick Compass Classroom if:
Skip Compass Classroom if you want one plan that covers every subject, including algebra and geometry, or if you want a print year with a daily manual.
Compare it directly: Compass Classroom vs Memoria Press and Compass Classroom vs Sonlight.
Shop: Shop Compass Classroom →
Fits Christian families who want one family membership with a broad set of high school courses and record-keeping tools, and who will choose the courses.
SchoolhouseTeachers.com is a Christian membership library, not one prescribed year. Its High School and Beyond page lists courses such as Algebra 2 and Trigonometry, Advanced Chemistry, Worldviews in Literature, American Government, and Free Market Economics, plus life skills and job readiness courses. Its Membership Benefits page says almost all classes have a written component, and some also include video or audio, and its FAQ describes a growing set of interactive courses.
There are optional School Boxes for ninth through twelfth grade. The ninth grade School Box is a set of downloadable curriculum guides for Bible, math, English, spelling, science, history, and art, with nothing shipped, and SchoolhouseTeachers.com says you can adjust, modify, or completely reimagine it. It is included with an Ultimate or Lifetime membership. For records, SchoolhouseTeachers.com lists a transcript builder with annual and lifetime memberships, plus a gradebook and portfolio tools.
Some courses still need books. Its FAQ says some courses may recommend books, often available through the library, and a few upper-level courses require a purchased text.
Pick SchoolhouseTeachers.com if:
Skip SchoolhouseTeachers.com if you want one boxed year with the books shipped, a secular program, or video teachers for every course.
Compare it directly: All In One Curriculum vs SchoolhouseTeachers.com.
Shop: Shop SchoolhouseTeachers.com →
Fits families who want a secular high school curriculum on a low budget, delivered as PDFs, and who will teach from the parent guides.
All In One Curriculum sells a one-time PDF high school pack, and it also sells the high school courses one at a time. The high school pack lists 9th through 12th grade Language Arts, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, U.S. History, World History, Civics, Economics, and a financial literacy course. Most courses come with a student course book and a parent teaching guide with an answer key. The Pre-Calculus listing names a student course book and answer key.
Its FAQ says the curriculum is secular and does not pursue a political or religious agenda, and that it includes lessons on evolution. The biology course description lists evolution among its topics. Everything is digital, so no books are mailed: you use the files on a device or print them yourself. All In One Curriculum also says it is a curriculum, not a school, and is not accredited.
Pick All In One Curriculum if:
Skip All In One Curriculum if you want Christian content, printed books in the mail, or a video teacher. Families who prefer a faith-neutral program that does not teach evolution or creationism can look at BookShark instead.
Compare it directly: All In One Curriculum vs SchoolhouseTeachers.com and best secular homeschool curriculum.
Shop: Shop All In One Curriculum →
Many families build high school one subject at a time, often around a core from above. Three subjects come up most: upper-level math, lab science, and English.
Teaching Textbooks is a math app with levels from Math 3 through Pre-Calculus. Its high school courses are Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus. Teaching Textbooks says the app grades every problem, gives a step-by-step solution for each one, and sends parents a daily progress email. It also offers a free trial of the first 15 lessons of any level. Budget is low. It is a math course only, so pair it with a core for everything else. If you use Compass Classroom, this can cover algebra and geometry.
See Math-U-See vs Saxon vs Teaching Textbooks.
Shop: Shop Teaching Textbooks →
Journey Homeschool Academy sells Christ-centered science video courses and describes high school as independent study. For teens, its course list includes Experience Biology, Experience Chemistry, Discover Physics, and Discover Anatomy & Physiology, with labs, plus Experience Astronomy PLUS, which it describes as a complete high school astronomy course. It is a science course, not a full curriculum. Add a Journey course for a lab science credit next to any core above.
See best Christian online science courses.
Shop: Shop Journey Homeschool Academy →
7Sisters Homeschool sells downloadable PDF curriculum for high school English and electives. In English, it sells writing guides, literature guides, cinema studies guides, and full-year English and language arts bundles. It calls Great Christian Writers Literature and Composition and Cinema Studies for Literature Learning and Composition a good fit for 9th or 10th grade, and C. S. Lewis Literature & Composition a good fit for 11th or 12th grade. Its electives include career exploration and drama. It also sells transcript and planning resources. Use it to fill an English credit or an elective when you are building the year by subject.
See best high school homeschool literature and electives.
Shop: Shop 7Sisters Homeschool →
These come up often. We describe them from their own sites, without reviewing their full lines, in no particular order.
Apologia. Apologia describes itself as Christian homeschool curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12. Its high school science list includes biology, chemistry, physics, marine biology, and advanced biology, chemistry, and physics. Sonlight uses several Apologia courses in its high school science options.
Abeka. Abeka describes its curriculum as education from a Christian perspective, sells materials by grade through 12th grade, and offers parent-led materials or Abeka Academy video lessons, along with a high school plan of study.
Oak Meadow. Oak Meadow sells high school curriculum for grades 9 through 12 and explains independent use versus enrolled use on its site. It also runs an accredited distance learning school, which is outside the scope of this page.
Time4Learning. Time4Learning is an online curriculum through 12th grade, with video and game-based courses, a parent planner, and templates for transcripts and grades. It says it is not accredited, and it points families who want an accredited virtual school to a separate program, which is outside the scope of this page.
Saxon and Math-U-See. Both are math programs that Sonlight lists as high school math options. We compare them with Teaching Textbooks in Math-U-See vs Saxon vs Teaching Textbooks.
Sonlight is a Christian, literature-based year for high school, with History / Bible / Literature courses scheduled by an Instructor’s Guide.
Shop Sonlight →BookShark is a faith-neutral, literature-based year by level, with Level I, Level J, and the newer World and U.S. levels for high school.
Shop BookShark →Fits Christian families who want a complete classical year for each high school grade, with Latin, logic, and great books, and who can give high parent teaching time.
Shop Memoria Press →Fits Christian families who want a video teacher to carry history, Bible, literature, and science lessons, and who will choose the courses and check the work.
Shop Compass Classroom →Fits Christian families who want one family membership with a broad set of high school courses and record-keeping tools, and who will choose the courses.
Shop SchoolhouseFits families who want a secular high school curriculum on a low budget, delivered as PDFs, and who will teach from the parent guides.
Shop All In One Curriculum →Teaching Textbooks is a math app. Its high school courses are Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus.
Shop Teaching Textbooks →Journey Homeschool Academy sells Christ-centered science video courses with labs and describes high school as independent study.
Shop Journey Homeschool Academy →7Sisters Homeschool sells downloadable PDF curriculum for high school English and electives.
Shop 7Sisters Homeschool →We compared these programs because families shopping for the best homeschool curriculum for high school usually land on very different products: boxed years, course libraries, a PDF download, and single-subject courses. We ordered them by the job each does, starting with shape (a full year or one subject), then worldview, parent time, and budget, using our own bands for parent time and budget. We did not rank them by rigor or by how Christian they are.
Sonlight is Christian, high budget, medium parent time, books, and open-and-go for planning only. BookShark is faith-neutral, high budget, medium parent time, books, and open-and-go for planning only. Memoria Press is classical Christian, high budget, high parent time, books, and open-and-go for planning only. Compass Classroom is Christian with a classical lean, mid budget, low parent time once a course is chosen, and video. SchoolhouseTeachers.com is Christian, mid budget, medium parent time, and an online library. All In One Curriculum is secular, low budget, medium parent time, and digital PDFs. Teaching Textbooks, Journey Homeschool Academy, and 7Sisters Homeschool are single-subject options.
Wording was retrieved October 8, 2026, from Sonlight’s high school page, 11th grade All-Subjects package page, Instructor’s Guide 420 Set and 430 Set pages, and educational philosophy page; BookShark’s FAQ, BookShark Virtual page, and All About BookShark blog post; Memoria Press’s Classical Core Curriculum page, Ninth Grade Curriculum Set page, Tenth Grade Curriculum Set page, Eleventh Grade and Twelfth Grade pages, and Classical Rhetoric Complete Set page; Compass Classroom’s homepage, Compass Membership page, high school product page, Math & Logic shop category, and Plan Your Year guide; SchoolhouseTeachers.com’s homepage, High School and Beyond page, Ninth Grade School Box page, School Boxes page, FAQ, membership FAQ, and Membership Benefits page; All In One Curriculum’s homepage, High School Homeschool Curriculum page, Biology course page, and FAQ; Teaching Textbooks’ homepage and Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus pages; Journey Homeschool Academy’s course list; 7Sisters Homeschool’s homepage, high school English page, and high school electives page; the homepages of Apologia, Abeka, Oak Meadow, and Time4Learning; and the Home School Legal Defense Association’s state homeschool laws page.
Full method is on our methodology page.
There is no single answer for every teen. Sonlight or BookShark fits a family that wants a boxed literature year. Memoria Press fits a family that wants a classical year and can teach it. Compass Classroom fits a teen who learns from video courses. SchoolhouseTeachers.com fits a family that wants a Christian library of courses. All In One Curriculum fits a family that wants a secular, low-budget download. Take the quiz if you are not sure which shape fits.
Yes, in two different senses. All In One Curriculum calls itself secular, and its FAQ says it includes lessons on evolution. BookShark calls itself faith-neutral: it does not espouse or oppose any faith, and its science and history programs do not teach evolution, creationism, or intelligent design. Those are different promises, so match the one you need. Teaching Textbooks is a math course, so worldview rarely comes up there. For more options, see best secular homeschool curriculum.
It depends on the shape you want. Sonlight is a Christian literature-based year, Memoria Press is a classical Christian year, Compass Classroom is a Christian video course library, and SchoolhouseTeachers.com is a Christian membership library. Journey Homeschool Academy adds Christ-centered science. See best Christian homeschool curriculum.
Yes, in different shapes. Compass Classroom is a streaming video course library, SchoolhouseTeachers.com is an online membership library, Journey Homeschool Academy sells science video courses, and Teaching Textbooks is a math app. BookShark Virtual adds online schedules and assessments to a book-based year. None of these enrolls your teen in a school. See best online homeschool curriculum.
Partly, and more in some programs than others. Sonlight designs high school for independent study with a Student Guide and a Parent Guide, Journey describes high school as independent study, and video courses and math apps carry more of the lessons. In every case, a parent still checks the work, grades the writing, and keeps the records. Memoria Press expects the most parent time on this page.
None of these programs is a school, so in most homeschools the parent keeps the high school record and writes the transcript. Some publishers help: SchoolhouseTeachers.com lists a transcript builder, Sonlight sells a College and Career Planning Kit, and 7Sisters sells transcript and planning resources. Rules differ by state, so check your own state’s homeschool rules or the Home School Legal Defense Association’s state-by-state summary.
Yes, and many families do in high school. A common pattern is one core for history and literature, then a separate math course, a lab science, and electives. If you mix, check that the courses do not overlap and that the total workload is realistic for your teen.
Want a personal match? Take the free quiz.