Public Charter & Online Academies
Tuition-free, state-funded programs (like Alliance, Summit, and Hillsboro Online) that provide curriculum funds, online coursework, and flexible on-site days. The option many families compare first.
A tuition-free K–12 public charter built for homeschooling families, with curriculum funds, certified-teacher support, and a flexible mix of home and on-campus learning.
A publicly funded K–8 homeschool partnership giving families curriculum funds, staff support, and home control while keeping access to district resources.
A virtual academy where parents teach K–5 core subjects 3–5 hours a day as Learning Coaches, backed by a homeroom teacher, a $1,000 curriculum budget, and optional Tuesday/Thursday campus days in Eagle Creek; grades 6–12 shift to a 200-course virtual academy with an Early College track.
Secular Co-ops, Microschools, & Learning Pods
Independent, non-religious co-ops, microschools, and resource centers, from Montessori pods to STEM clubs to full self-directed communities.
A Thursday-morning enrichment series bringing homeschool students (grades 1–4) to campus for Waldorf-rooted creative and practical arts, screen-free and nature-connected.
A homeschool-aligned microschool (grades 3–8) in Gladstone and Happy Valley where a veteran teacher coaches individualized reading, writing, and math in a calm, 5-student setting built for kids who have shut down in traditional schools.
A secular collective meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays for student-led STEM, social science, and arts projects where kids help shape what they study.
Homeschoolers and online learners can join this youth-run democratic community 1 or 2 days a week, from $2,600 a year, with a Thursday seat at the General Assembly where students vote on school rules. Meraki accepts charter school funds, so families with TeachNW, OpenEd, or Fossil may be able to cover tuition.
Small-group, hands-on science labs (8–16 students) you can book for a co-op — professional-grade equipment for grades PreK–12, scheduled around your week.
OMSI educators teach the labs and parent volunteers run the room, one day a week for roughly 28 Tuesdays. Classes run 90 minutes for grades 2 to 6 and 2 hours for grades 7 to 9, with a mandatory volunteer shift and a parent who stays on campus the whole time.
A part-time class menu for K-12 homeschool, unschool, and online charter families: 130+ mixed-age classes and clubs, no grades or tests, plus the 2-day Rivers program.
Faith-Based Co-ops
Christian and classical Christian homeschool communities that meet 1–3 days a week, blending shared instruction with at-home learning rooted in a faith framework.
A Christ-centered hybrid (grades 5–12) meeting Tuesday–Thursday for teacher-directed core subjects, with multi-age cohorts and parent mentors guiding home days.
A two-day-a-week (Tue/Thu) classical Christian program for grades K–4, with Latin, Singapore Math, and a Biblical worldview; parents teach on home days.
A K–8 Christian classical hybrid meeting three days a week in Newberg or Sherwood, with an optional Monday and half-day Friday Trestle extension for families wanting more campus time.
A 45,000-sq-ft resource hub offering à-la-carte classes, workshops, and co-ops block-scheduled Monday–Thursday, all from a Biblical worldview.
A faith-based co-op meeting Mondays at a Tigard church, running two 10-week terms of community classes, service projects, and enrichment.
A once-a-week (Thursday) homeschool commonwealth running two 12-week semesters, where a parent stays on site to teach — leadership-focused and hands-on.
A part-time/supplemental classical program (grades 5–12) in a flexible, adaptive format, with seminar- and narration-based humanities built on Great Books and primary sources.
A Catholic classical hybrid meeting Mondays and Thursdays for Socratic, trivium-based classes (PK–12), with RCA lesson plans for home days.
A PK–8 Adventist school opening music, sports, testing, and library to homeschooling families for $100 a year, with core academics staying at home.
A faith-based co-op meeting Thursdays at a Beaverton church, with parent-taught K–12 enrichment classes and membership by referral, drawing families from across the metro area.
Covenant Classical Academy is a K–3 hybrid track: students attend class Tuesdays and Thursdays and follow teacher-written lesson plans at home the other 3 days, for $5,880 a year.
A Christian K–8 hybrid with 3 on-campus days (Tuesday through Thursday) and 2 home days of school-assigned lessons, with Math and Language Arts taught in skill-level groups of about 10.
A PK–12 Seventh-day Adventist school where homeschooled students can join TVA à la carte for band, choir, art, sports, and chapel, and grades 7–12 may take core classes with administrative approval, paying per class.
Outdoor & Nature Hybrids
Forest and nature-based programs designed to pair with homeschooling, days spent largely outside, typically 1–3 times a week.
A forest school where multi-age cohorts meet one or two days a week (9:30–2:30) at Whitaker Ponds for immersive, play-led environmental education.
Students register as homeschoolers with the State of Oregon, but the rhythm looks more like a traditional school than a co-op: full days, 8:30 to 3:00, with aftercare until 5:00.
A half-day outdoor class for ages 5 to 10 that homeschooling families build their week around, 2 or 3 mornings/afternoons in the woods with the same small group each time.
A full-day Friday outdoor program for grades 1-8 that explicitly accepts students not enrolled at Shining Star, giving homeschool families one full day a week in the field, September through June.
One day a week (Wed or Fri in SE Portland, Wed in W Portland) of archery, shelter and fire craft, farm animal care, fishing, and folk crafts, in age cohorts from 5 to 13.
A one-day-a-week (Fridays) program merging survival skills with live-action role-play quests — archery, blacksmithing, and wilderness navigation woven into ongoing storylines.
A 1-to-4-day-a-week outdoor program for ages 3–16 that accepts charter and online charter school funds, built for homeschool and part-time learners.