Power Homeschool is an online curriculum provider that gives homeschooling families access to Acellus courses for students in PreK through 12th grade. It is not a school. Parents use it as a self-directed teaching tool, choosing courses and managing their child’s education independently, without teacher support from the platform. Think of it as a subscription to a library of video-based lessons, assignments, and progress-tracking tools that you run on your own schedule.
How Power Homeschool Works
When you sign up, you select up to seven courses per student from Power Homeschool’s catalog. Each course is built around short video lessons followed by problem sets or assignments. Students watch a lesson, complete the related work, and move on at their own pace. The platform tracks completion automatically and projects when a student will finish each course based on their current progress.
There is no live teacher, no scheduled class time, and no required login window. You decide when your child works, how long they spend each day, and how quickly they move through material. That flexibility is the main draw for families who want full control over pacing, but it also means you are the one keeping your student on track.
Courses and Grade Levels
The curriculum spans three tiers: elementary (PreK through 5th grade), middle school (6th through 8th), and high school (9th through 12th). At every level, students can enroll in up to seven courses at a time.
Elementary courses cover math, language arts and reading, history and social studies, science, and electives. The selection is straightforward, with full-year courses matched to each grade level.
Middle school is where things branch out. Math options include pre-algebra and other foundational courses. History and social studies expand into world history, geography, ancient civilizations, U.S. history, and personal finance. Science covers Earth and space science, life science, and physical science. Students can also pick up a foreign language (Spanish, Portuguese, French, or German) and electives like STEM, ecology, engineering, or foundations of music.
High school offers the widest range. Beyond core academics, the catalog includes career and technical education courses such as business management, electrical technology, HVAC-R, plumbing technology, accounting, and agriculture. STEM electives cover intro to coding, JavaScript, electronics, computer science, and design fundamentals. Fine arts options include music appreciation and collaborative theatre. Foreign language choices remain the same four as middle school. There are also health, social development, and PE courses at both the middle and high school levels.
No Diploma and No Accreditation
This is the detail that catches many parents off guard. Power Homeschool does not issue high school diplomas, and it is not an accredited school. It is strictly a curriculum tool. When your child finishes high school coursework through the platform, the diploma comes from you as the homeschooling parent, following whatever requirements your state sets for homeschool diplomas or portfolios.
If you need an accredited diploma from an institution, the company points families toward Acellus Academy, which is a separate, accredited online school that uses the same Acellus course content but operates as a formal school with teacher oversight and official transcripts. Acellus Academy has its own enrollment process and pricing.
Parent Dashboard and Progress Tracking
Power Homeschool gives parents a dashboard to monitor everything a student does on the platform. From the main screen, you can see each child’s daily work, time spent, and progress toward goals in every active course. Each course tile shows a projected completion date, the student’s daily goal status, overall course progress, and their current grade.
Clicking into a specific course reveals every assignment the student has completed. You can view the exact answers they submitted on problem sets and even replay the video lesson that was presented before each assignment. This level of detail makes it easy to spot where a student is struggling without having to sit beside them for every session.
The platform also generates a report card view with a pie chart breaking down how much time a student spent on each course and on learning activities. For more formal record-keeping, you can download four types of reports: a course score summary, a work-completed log, a student hours report, and a student achievement data file. These are useful for building a homeschool portfolio, meeting state reporting requirements, or preparing transcripts for college applications.
Who Power Homeschool Fits Best
The platform works well for families who want a structured, video-based curriculum but prefer to stay in charge of scheduling, pacing, and oversight. Because there is no teacher support built in, you will need to be comfortable stepping in when your child gets stuck on a concept. The parent is the teacher here, and Power Homeschool is the textbook.
It is also a practical option for families on a budget who want access to a wide course catalog without paying private school tuition. The subscription model keeps costs predictable, and the ability to enroll up to seven courses per student means you can cover a full course load without buying separate curricula for each subject.
Families with students who learn well from video instruction and self-paced work tend to get the most out of it. Students who need more interaction, live discussion, or hands-on accountability may find the format isolating. In those cases, pairing Power Homeschool with a local homeschool co-op or supplementing with outside classes can fill the gap.