Los Angeles Online High School
An accredited, self-paced online high school for grades 9-12, built so a city this big finally fits one family.
Some Los Angeles students cannot run on a bell schedule, and it has nothing to do with how smart they are. A teen actor leaves a Burbank set for a Tuesday callback. A club soccer player trains twenty hours a week before a showcase in Carson. A family in Boyle Heights wants coursework their bilingual ninth grader can do at the kitchen table after a shift. A student transfers for the fourth time and is tired of explaining themselves to a new attendance office. High School of America was built for the grades 9-12 version of all of them.
We are an accredited online high school for Los Angeles, the diploma track families search for when the local option is not working. We are a private, nationally accredited program that issues its own transcript and its own Online High School Diploma. The real question under “los angeles online high school” typed at 11 p.m. is whether the diploma is real. It is. It is an accredited high school diploma California families use as they pursue college, a career, or enlistment.
Los Angeles Unified is the second-largest district in the country, and a steady number of its families are quietly looking for another path. We have been one of those paths for more than fifteen years. When you are ready, call (888) 242-4262, or see the full online high school program and our statewide California Online High School hub.
Who Thrives in a Los Angeles Online High School
The student who does best here is not a single type. What they share is a schedule a fixed bell day cannot bend around, and a grades 9-12 program that is self-paced and fully online lets the academics move while the rest of life keeps its own clock.
On a Burbank set or an after-school job. Coursework that moves to the morning, the night, or the gap between calls.
Twenty training hours a week before a Carson showcase. School that travels with the season instead of fighting it.
A ninth grader in Boyle Heights doing the work at the kitchen table, with a counselor who explains the plan in plain terms.
None of that lowers the bar. The diploma is accredited, the teachers are qualified, and the transcript is built to be read by a home school family or a university admissions office alike. The point is not less school. It is school that fits the student you actually have.
Self-Paced, Fully Online, and Actually Taught
Here is a Tuesday inside the program. A student in Sylmar opens a laptop at 9 a.m. and works Algebra 2. A student in Venice finishes a morning training block, eats, and logs in at 11. A third in Highland Park starts English 3 at 7 a.m., because that is when the apartment is quiet. None of them are on a live video call. None of them are marked absent for missing a bell.
The program is fully asynchronous. There are no mandatory live sessions and no fixed attendance windows, a meaningful difference in California, where public virtual options are required by state law to run scheduled live instruction. Families who came online to escape the bell schedule notice in the first week.
Asynchronous does not mean unsupervised. Every course is taught by a qualified teacher who answers by name, within a day.
Parents get their own dashboard with real-time grades, assignment status, and pacing against milestones, so the question that keeps a parent up at night, whether they will know if their student is slipping, has a clear answer. Enrollment is year-round, so a mid-semester transfer or a schedule change does not wait for fall. Call (888) 242-4262 when you are ready.
The Coursework, Grades 9 Through 12
A full, accredited high school course load, taught online and self-paced. Students move through the four years on their own clock, with a counselor mapping the sequence to an A-G aligned, college-ready transcript.
Foundations: English 1, Algebra 1, Biology, world history, a language, and electives.
Core build: English 2, Geometry, Chemistry, and the next history course.
College prep: English 3, Algebra 2, Physics, US history, and SAT or ACT season.
Finish line: English 4, a fourth math or science, government, economics, and the transition plan.
Subjects offered
See the full high school course catalog, or call (888) 242-4262 and a counselor will map your student’s exact sequence.
Pro TipFrom the Eagle: Request your LAUSD or charter transcript the same day you call. LA districts can take weeks to release records, and your student can enroll and start before it ever arrives, so the paperwork never costs you a day.
A-G, UC and CSU, and What an LA Transcript Has to Do
California does not issue a state home school diploma. The issuing program is the credential. Here is how a parent-directed path and an accredited private online program compare on the documentation the University of California, California State University, and the community colleges actually read.
| Parent-Directed Private School | Accredited Private Online Program | |
|---|---|---|
| Accreditation | Not applicable. The parent operates as the private school administrator. | Nationally recognized accrediting body. Transcripts carry institutional accreditation on their face. |
| A-G alignment | Parent maps each course to A-G and documents the match. | A-G alignment is documented at the course level and available during planning. |
| Transcript format | Parent-assembled. UC and CSU typically request added course descriptions and test scores. | School-issued transcript in the standard format admissions readers expect. |
| Returning to LAUSD | Records are assembled by the parent for the district’s intake review. | The counselor provides a transcript with completed work and standards notes for intake. |
| Military Tier 1 | Case by case. Recruiters evaluate parent-issued diplomas individually. | Meets the Tier 1 diploma requirement for enlistment. |
A counselor will walk a Los Angeles family through A-G course mapping for their specific student. Call (888) 242-4262.
Where It Was, and Why LA Is Moving Online
It is not a rumor; it is in the enrollment files. Los Angeles Unified has shed students for a decade while California’s online schools filled up. The two lines tell one story: families are choosing a path that fits.
Los Angeles Unified enrollment fell from roughly 639,000 students in 2015 to about 393,000 in 2025, as families chose other paths.
Fully online school enrollment in California climbed from about 27,000 to nearly 43,000 students in three years, and it keeps rising.
And nearly half of California’s public high school graduates do not meet A-G eligibility for UC or CSU, so the diploma a family leaves with can matter as much as the one they left behind.Sources: California Department of Education and NCES virtual-school enrollment data; Los Angeles Unified enrollment reports.
A School That Fits One Family in a Very Big City
Los Angeles is not one place. It is the Valley and the Eastside, the coast and the foothills, a child actor in Studio City and a first-generation student in Pacoima whose parents work opposite shifts. A program that fits the city has to fit one household at a time, not a zip code.
That is what self-paced is for. A student who is ahead moves faster than a roomful of thirty would allow. A student who needs a calmer room gets one. The peers do not disappear when the academics move online; club teams, faith communities, music programs, and part-time jobs keep their own calendars while the schoolwork bends around them.
From an LA Diploma to the Next Step
Our graduates move into every category of post-diploma life a Los Angeles family plans for, and the documentation each path needs is exactly what an accredited transcript provides.
University of California
The University of California expects A-G coursework with full course descriptions; our transcripts carry that from 9th grade.
Cal State
California State University accepts transcripts from any legal California private school when A-G is documented.
LA Community Colleges
The LA Community College District admits any California graduate, the simplest door into transfer and trade.
Trade & Military
LA trades and all four service branches accept an accredited Tier 1 diploma, so graduates start on equal footing.
From First Call to First Assignment
Enrollment in Los Angeles runs year-round, so the path is measured in days, not semesters.
Start with a phone call
Call (888) 242-4262 and speak with an enrollment counselor. A real person answers the questions you actually have about your student.
Enroll without the transcript
Your student can enroll in the grade you believe they are in and begin coursework while the prior school’s transcript is still being requested.
Send the transcript three ways
Text a clear photo, email a PDF to support@highschoolofamerica.org, or upload it during enrollment. LA districts can be slow to release records, so three channels keep their delay from becoming yours.
Credit evaluation, then day one
Our registrar maps which credits transfer and which courses remain toward the accredited diploma, then the student logs in and meets their teachers.
A Counselor Conversation, Not a Sticker Price
Three things have to be true before a tuition number means anything: we have to know the grade, see the transcript, and know the timeline. Until those are on the table, any figure is a guess. Tuition is credit-based, so a 9th grader starting fresh and a 12th grader walking in with most of their credits are looking at different paths and different numbers, same accredited program at the end.
The enrollment team builds the plan around the family’s timeline, and workable monthly options exist. On the call you get the exact credit count your student needs and the matching plan, with nothing changing between the call and the paperwork. Call (888) 242-4262 and walk through the specific numbers for your student’s grade and transcript.
Los Angeles Online High School, Answered
Is this considered home schooling in Los Angeles?
Can my student transfer back to LAUSD later?
Will the diploma work for UC, CSU, and the community colleges?
Does California require annual state testing for us?
How fast can a Los Angeles student start?
One Program, Every Grade
Los Angeles is one city in a statewide, accredited online high school. Whatever year your student is starting, there is a clear path in.
Your Los Angeles student can start this month.
Year-round enrollment, an accredited 9-12 diploma, qualified teachers. No transcript required to start, bring it when you have it or email support@highschoolofamerica.org.