Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit website of free courses in math, science, English language arts, social studies and more, from kindergarten through 12th grade and early college. Each course is a path of short videos, articles and practice exercises, with quizzes and unit tests that mark answers right away. A parent links to the child's account through a free Parent Dashboard to set assignments and see progress; the Khanmigo AI tutor is a separate paid subscription.
- Subjects
- Math, language arts, science and history and geography
- Grades
- Kindergarten to 12th grade, plus early college courses source ↗
- Method
- Mastery source ↗
- Format
- On screen source ↗
- Faith label
- Secular
- Cost a year
- Free. Free: every course, video, exercise and the Parent Dashboard cost nothing. Read on October 29, 2026; prices change. source ↗
- Placement
- No placement test on the publisher’s site when we checked.
What it does well
- Every course, video and practice set is free, so a family can try any grade or subject without buying anything.
- The math line runs from kindergarten through calculus, and a parent can assign a course challenge to see which skills a child still needs.
- The free Parent Dashboard lets a parent set assignments with due dates and see activity and scores for each child.
- Exercises mark answers right away, and each skill moves through levels from Attempted to Mastered as the child gets questions right.
Watch for
- Khan Academy says it is not an accredited school, and work done there does not count toward a diploma.
- The parent picks the courses and builds the daily routine; the help center presents it as a resource to add to a homeschool, not a boxed plan.
- Nearly all the work happens on a screen, through videos, articles and online exercises.
- Khanmigo, the AI tutor, is a separate subscription: $4 a month or $44 a year for families, plus sales tax.
It fits
A family that wants free, self-paced practice in math and other core subjects, with a parent who is happy to choose the courses and check progress on a dashboard.
It doesn’t fit
A family that wants printed books and a scripted daily plan, wants to keep screen time low, or needs an accredited program toward a diploma.
Compare Khan Academy
- Khan Academy vs CTCMath side by side
Other programs for the same subject and grades:
- The Good and the Beautiful Preschool to 12th grade; high school has language arts and biology only
- Beautiful Feet Books Kindergarten to 12th grade, in grade spans such as K to 3rd, 4th to 6th and 5th to 8th
- Tapestry of Grace Kindergarten to 12th grade in levels: Primer (K to 1st), Lower Grammar (1st to 3rd), Upper Grammar (4th to 6th), Dialectic (7th to 9th), Rhetoric (10th to 12th)
- Blossom and Root Preschool to 6th grade (Level 6 still being finished)
- Generation Genius Kindergarten to 8th grade, in K to 2nd, 3rd to 5th and 6th to 8th grade bands
- Apologia Science Preschool to 12th grade; each elementary course is for K to 6th grade, General Science for 7th to 8th, Physical Science for 8th to 9th
- Brave Writer Ages 5 to 18, about kindergarten to 12th grade, in five age bands
- CTCMath Kindergarten to 12th grade, through Pre-Calculus and Calculus
Lists it is on
- Homeschool math curricula 14
- Homeschool language arts programs 13
- Homeschool science curricula 8
- Homeschool history and geography curricula 8
- Secular homeschool curricula 30
- Mastery-based homeschool curricula 11
- Homeschool curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 48
- Homeschool curricula for middle school 51
- Homeschool curricula for high school 38
- Online homeschool curricula 8
- Free homeschool curricula 3
- Secular homeschool math curricula 10
What we read, and how we label
Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.
The publisher’s pages we read on October 29, 2026:
- khanacademy.org/about
- khanacademy.org/math
- support.khanacademy.org/hc/en-us/articles/36065978206221-How-can-I-use-Khan-Academy-to-homeschool-my-child
- support.khanacademy.org/hc/en-us/articles/5548760867853--How-do-Khan-Academy-s-Mastery-levels-work
- blog.khanacademy.org/free-back-to-school-resources-for-families-and-homeschoolers/
- khanmigo.ai/parents
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