American Microschools: A Sector Analysis 2025 — from microschoolingcenter.org by Don Soifer and Ashley Soifer
Among the report’s findings:
- 74 percent of microschools have annual tuition and fees at or below $10,000, with 65 percent offering sliding scale tuition and discounts;
- Among microschools that track academic growth data of students over time, 81 percent reported between 1 and 2 years of academic gains during one school year;
- Children receive letter grades in just 29 percent of microschools, while observation-based reporting, portfolios, and tracking mastery are the most prevalent methods of tracking their impact;
- The most important student outcomes for currently-operating microschools are growth in nonacademic learning, children’s happiness in their microschool, skills perceived as needed for future, and academic growth.