Prisma: price, grades, and fit

Prisma is an online school for grades 4–12. The tuition page describes project-based curriculum, live workshops and classes four days a week, and a transcript it calls accredited. The organization description on that page says Prisma is accredited by Cognia. The same page lists four prices. The parent-led option for grades 4–8 is $5,350. With a math coach, that band is $6,350. The Mentor Coach program for grades 4–8 is $11,190 and includes a dedicated mentor coach. Parent-led high school for grades 9–12 is $12,490, and the page says the parent-led option is not available at that level. The starting figure is $5,350, the grades 4–8 parent-led tuition. It is not the mentor-coach price and not the high-school price. The page also says Prisma awarded $361,000 in need-based scholarships. That figure is scholarships given, not a price a family pays. A faith statement was not on the tuition page. The parent-led row means a parent is the academic coach. The mentor-coach row is the school’s coach. Our involvement estimate is medium. Read which row you would buy before you compare Prisma with a print curriculum.

Where this listing sits

Prisma is filed under online schools. People also search Prisma, Prisma Learning. 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

Price as shown: “Parent-led option, grades 4–8, $5,350. The same band with a math coach is $6,350. Mentor Coach program, grades 4–8, $11,190. Parent-led high school, grades 9–12, $12,490. The page says the parent-led option is not available for high school. A line about $361,000 in scholarships awarded is not tuition..” The starting figure is $5,350.00 (parent-led option, grades 4–8). It is the lowest verifiable figure we could defend, not a quote for your family. Older grades, extra students, shipping, and materials can change it. Source: official price page, checked October 26, 2026.

Grades

Prisma is listed for Grades 4–12. The tuition page lists a mentor-coach program and a parent-led option for grades 4–8, and a parent-led high school program for grades 9–12.. In the quiz, that span is treated as grades 4 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, in the provider’s words: “Accredited by Cognia, per the organization description on the tuition page..” We mark an accredited option because the official site describes one. Marking it is not a promise that every book, every plan, or every campus is covered, or that your state or a future school will accept the record. Ask which body accredited it, what the certificate covers, and whether the plan you would buy is the accredited one.

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

Online school

An online school enrolls a child as a student. Teachers or the school usually keep grades. Families give up some control of the clock in exchange for a lighter teaching load. For Prisma, the tag is a filing label from the official description, not a review of how your child will feel on a Thursday.

Live online classes

Live classes meet at a set time with a teacher. Someone has to be free when class starts. For Prisma, the tag is a filing label from the official description, not a review of how your child will feel on a Thursday.

Live delivery means at least part of the program happens at a scheduled time. Parent-directed delivery means a parent sets the pace and is usually in the lesson. 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 want an option the provider describes as accredited, and you will still ask which body and which grades that covers.

Who may want a different listing

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 26, 2026: The tuition page says live workshops, classes, and support meet 4 days a week. The organization description on that page says Prisma is an online school for grades 4–12 and is accredited by Cognia. Email on that description is info@joinprisma.com. Scholarship dollars are not a family price. 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 Prisma? 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 26, 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 Prisma against the other 127 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 Acellus Academy, K12 Online School, Connections Academy in the same category. For the wider decision, read how to choose and the cost guide.

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