How Does The Oaks Private School's Online Program Work?

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The Oaks Private School (TOPS) is an accredited private school and a Florida-registered school for K-12 distance learning. Its online program is fully online, uses certified teacher support, and can be customized with a personalized study plan for each student. It suits families who want to educate their children at home while keeping administrative and academic oversight, permanent records, and a school-issued diploma rather than a parent-issued homeschool diploma.

What TOPS Provides

According to the school's homepage, TOPS is built around home-based distance education with a few core commitments:

  • Certified teacher support — students are not left to work through material alone.
  • Personalized study plans — the program is customized to each student's needs, grade level, and academic progress.
  • Administrative and academic oversight — TOPS handles record-keeping and academic management on the family's behalf.
  • A real diploma — the school states it issues a "REAL college-acceptable diploma from a REAL school," distinguishing it from a homeschool diploma.
  • Curriculum selection — TOPS offers a variety of curricula and helps families identify appropriate teaching methods, curriculum, materials, and resources.

The school also describes its staff as having both Christian distance learning and Christian classroom experience, and says it serves families throughout the U.S. and several countries.

Academic Programs Available

TOPS organizes its offerings by level:

Program Who it's for
Elementary Programs Younger K-12 students
Middle School Programs Students in the middle grades
High School Programs Students working toward a diploma
International Students Families outside the U.S.

Each program can be customized based on the student's grade level and academic progress, so the exact course load depends on where the student places.

How the Online Model Works

The program is fully online, which means coursework is completed at home rather than in a physical classroom. The homepage emphasizes flexible class schedules, framed as "education should fit into your life, not the other way around." In practice, that flexibility is paired with structure: TOPS provides the oversight, records, and advisory support, while the family provides the home learning environment.

For families weighing this option, the school frames the key decision as whether to enroll in a distance learning private school at all. Its stated answer is that parents value having experienced staff handle teaching methods, curriculum quality, and permanent records, rather than assembling those pieces independently.

Enrollment

The homepage shows an active enrollment window with "Accepting Enrollments" and an "Apply Today!" call to action, along with a "Review Our Programs" link. The site also references success stories and states it is trusted by over 15,000 users. Specific tuition, fees, and enrollment deadlines are not stated on the homepage, so those details would need to come from the school directly.