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Online School for Overland Park Families | Forest Trail Academy
Your family deserves an education that keeps pace with your life in one of Kansas’s most driven communities. Whether you’ve relocated for a role at T-Mobile or YRC Worldwide, or you’re simply done fitting your child into a rigid school schedule while juggling elite soccer travel or competitive swim meets, Forest Trail Academy gives you a real accredited K-12 option that works on your terms.
Why Overland Park Families Choose FTA
Overland Park sits at the heart of the Kansas City metro, and the expectations here are high, that’s no secret. Parents in this community tend to hold graduate degrees, work demanding corporate jobs, and expect the same rigor from their kids’ education that they bring to their own careers. FTA’s curriculum is built for exactly that mindset. Courses are academically challenging, college-prep by default, and paced by the student, so your high achiever isn’t held back, and your kid who needs more time on a concept actually gets it. That combination is hard to find in any Johnson County school district, no matter how well-funded.
Overland Park also has one of the highest concentrations of corporate relocation families in Kansas. If you’ve just arrived from out of state for a position at Sprint’s legacy campus, or your company transferred you mid-school-year, the last thing you want is transcript chaos and enrollment waitlists. FTA handles that. We accept transcripts from any previous school, we enroll year-round, and your child’s academic record stays clean and continuous regardless of how many zip codes your family has lived in. For families who move and families who stay, the consistency is the whole point.
What You Get
- Cognia Accreditation: Your FTA diploma is accepted by all universities near Overland Park and nationwide.
- No Fixed Class Times: Study before training, after your shift, on weekends.
- Open Enrollment: Start any week, no waiting for September.
- Same School Through Every Change: Military PCS, relocations, and life changes don’t interrupt enrollment.
Getting Started from Overland Park
- Call 800-890-6269 or submit an inquiry online
- Submit transcripts from your Overland Park-area school
- Start coursework within days, no waiting
Questions?
Is FTA’s diploma recognized near Overland Park?
Yes, our Cognia-accredited diploma is accepted by all Kansas universities and 1,000+ colleges nationally.
Can we enroll mid-year from Overland Park?
Yes, open enrollment, start any week.
Part of the Kansas FTA Community
Overland Park families are part of FTA’s larger Kansas community. Learn more about FTA for all Kansas students →
Online High School in Overland Park, Grades 9 to 12
Most Overland Park families who search for online school are looking for high school. Forest Trail Academy’s online high school program for grades 9 through 12 carries the full graduation-requirement sequence, Advanced Placement courses, and NCAA-approved core courses for student athletes. Enrollment is open year-round, so a student can start any week rather than waiting for a semester.
Students in Overland Park who are behind on credits can use online credit recovery to make up individual courses without repeating a year. Families moving mid-year can follow the sequence on our switch schools mid-year page. Tuition runs $3,069 to $4,269 per year depending on grade level, with monthly payment plans from $236 for elementary, $286 for middle school, and $336 for high school, plus a one-time $225 registration fee. See the tuition page for the full breakdown.
Programs Available to Overland Park Families
All Forest Trail Academy programs are fully online, self-paced, and open for enrollment year-round.
