Derek Owens: price, grades, and fit

Derek Owens sells math and physics courses for homeschool students, online and as live classes in the Atlanta area. The site identifies the operator as Lucid Education, LLC. Named courses include Western Civ, Physical Science, Physics, Prealgebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, AP Calculus, and Computer Science. The prices page does not print a numbered grade span. The matcher uses grades 6–12 because those course names are middle- and high-school subjects, not because a grade list was quoted. Online enrollment is $15, then $65 monthly while the student is enrolled. Nine months is the maximum even if the course takes longer, and you pay only while enrolled. If the teacher grades a course finished very quickly, the minimum is three months. Parent grading is half price, $32.50. Live class prices are still labeled 2025–2026, so they are not recorded as unlabeled 2026–27 rates. There is no single yearly total, because the bill depends on the months enrolled. Accreditation is n/a. Faith stance was not stated. Our involvement estimate is medium.

Where this listing sits

Derek Owens is filed under online course providers. People also search Derek Owens, Lucid Education. The directory name and the URL stay stable so an old link still lands here. CurriculumQuiz does not invent its own star score, run a parent poll, or sell a review. Third-party ratings quoted below stay in that section. Numeric ratings are combined into the independent average that orders program lists. That average is not a fact in the list above, and it is not a CurriculumQuiz score.

The price, read carefully

What the official page showed on October 21, 2026: “Online: $15 to enroll, then $65 monthly while enrolled. Nine months is the maximum. A course finished very quickly has a three-month minimum when the teacher grades the papers. Parent grading is $32.50. Live classes are labeled 2025-2026: $85 or $95 by course..” We did not collapse that into one yearly starting number, because it is a range, a tier, a single item, or a membership that is not a curriculum year. Use the provider’s figure for the exact thing you would buy. Source: official price page.

Grades

Derek Owens is listed for Courses named on the site, from prealgebra through AP Calculus, plus science, Western Civ, and computer science. No numbered grade span is printed.. In the quiz, that span is treated as grades 6 through grade 12. A program can still place a child by skill rather than age. Use the provider’s placement test when one exists, and do not force a level because of last year’s grade.

Accreditation and faith

Accreditation is recorded as “n/a.” This listing is not marked as an accredited school. Many families use curricula that are not schools and keep their own records. That is a legal and practical question for your state and for any school you might transfer back to, not a quality score. See what accreditation does and does not mean.

Faith stance: not stated. The page we checked did not clearly say secular, Christian, or Catholic. We will not assign one from reputation. If worldview matters in your house, read a sample chapter and the publisher’s own about page.

How the day is shaped

Math

This is math. You still need a plan for reading and the rest of the day. For Derek Owens, the tag is a filing label from the official description, not a review of how your child will feel on a Thursday.

Online

Online delivery means the lesson is on a screen. It can cut preparation time. Younger children still need an adult nearby. For Derek Owens, the tag is a filing label from the official description, not a review of how your child will feel on a Thursday.

Self-paced

Self-paced means your family, not a bell, decides when the lesson happens. For Derek Owens, the tag is a filing label from the official description, not a review of how your child will feel on a Thursday.

Self-paced delivery means the student can move without a live class on the calendar. Live delivery means at least part of the program happens at a scheduled time. Parent time is our estimate: medium. Someone is nearby to start the lesson, watch the frustration, and check that the work happened. You are not writing the curriculum from scratch, and you are not handing the whole day to a campus. This is an estimate from the program type. It is labeled as ours so you do not mistake it for a fact on the publisher’s price page.

Who it may suit

• You are willing to read the publisher’s own words about faith, because the page we checked did not state one.
• You are choosing math, and you already have a plan for other subjects.

Who may want a different listing

• You need an accredited diploma and this listing does not record one.

These notes come from the type, the style tags, and the faith and accreditation fields. They are not a quality review. A program can be a poor fit for your week and still be well made.

What the official site itself describes

Recorded from the official site on October 21, 2026: The homepage identifies the operator as Lucid Education, LLC, and says 2026-2027 start-of-class information is posted. The prices page still labels live class prices as the 2025-2026 school year. Those live prices are $85 for Prealgebra, Algebra 1, and Physical Science, and $95 for Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, and Physics. This sentence is a quotation of what we could verify. It is not a full catalog, and it is not a recommendation.

Questions to ask before you pay

• Does the price you were quoted include every subject, shipping, and a second child, or only the example on this page?
• Is there a placement test, and what happens if your child lands in a different level than their age?
• Who keeps grades and transcripts, you or Derek Owens? That answer matters for your state’s official rules.
• What is the refund or trial window, in the provider’s own words?
• On a normal Tuesday, how many minutes is a parent in the lesson?

What we are willing to leave blank

Still unknown after the October 21, 2026 check: a stated faith stance. Unknown is a result. It is not a blank we fill in to make the table look finished.

How to use this page with the quiz

The curriculum quiz ranks Derek Owens against the other 78 listings using your grade, style, time, budget, faith, accreditation need, and pace. Your state adds a link when we have an official source. It does not change the score. You can also put this program next to others in the compare tool. Families often look at BYU Independent Study, Nicole the Math Lady, SchoolhouseTeachers.com in the same category. For the wider decision, read how to choose and the cost guide.

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