Oak Meadow or Earthschooling?

Choose Oak Meadow if

You need transcripts and structure.

Choose Earthschooling if

Budget matters and you want breadth.

	Oak Meadow	Earthschooling
What it is	What it isWaldorf-inspired, with an accredited distance school, PreK to 12.	What it isAffordable and secular, preschool to grade 12, with Eurythmy and music.
Grades	GradesPreK to 12	GradesPreK to 12
Price	PriceDistance school K to 4: about $3,500 to $3,650 a year	PriceGrades 1 to 8: $350 a grade (sale price)
Your daily preparation	Your daily preparationLow	Your daily preparationMedium
How close to a Waldorf school	How close to a Waldorf schoolLow to medium	How close to a Waldorf schoolMedium
Strengths	Strengths More than fifty years of track record. Transcripts and accreditation, if your child may go back to school or apply to college. Open-and-go.	Strengths Wide grade coverage, and it includes Eurythmy and music, which most others skip. State requirement charts help with record-keeping.
Worth knowing	Worth knowing Further from Waldorf than the others: no main lesson blocks. A distance-school year costs several times more than any other option here.	Worth knowing The look and the website feel dated. Covering so much comes at some cost to depth.
Read more	Read moreOak Meadow review	Read moreEarthschooling in the full comparison

The differences that matter

Oak Meadow asks less daily preparation of you (low) than Earthschooling (medium).
Earthschooling stays closer to a Waldorf school year (medium) than Oak Meadow (low to medium).
They cover the same grades: Oak Meadow PreK to 12, Earthschooling PreK to 12.
What each costs. Oak Meadow: Distance school K to 4: about $3,500 to $3,650 a year. Earthschooling: Grades 1 to 8: $350 a grade (sale price).

Questions families ask

Which needs less preparation, Oak Meadow or Earthschooling?

Oak Meadow. Its daily preparation is low, against medium for Earthschooling.

Which is closer to a Waldorf school, Oak Meadow or Earthschooling?

Earthschooling (medium), against Oak Meadow (low to medium).

Which grades do Oak Meadow and Earthschooling cover?

Oak Meadow: PreK to 12. Earthschooling: PreK to 12.

How much do Oak Meadow and Earthschooling cost?

Oak Meadow: Distance school K to 4: about $3,500 to $3,650 a year. Earthschooling: Grades 1 to 8: $350 a grade (sale price). Prices as checked on each company's site in September 2026.

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Every curriculum on this page is described from the same table, checked on each company's own site in September 2026. Prices and offers change, so check before you buy. The full comparison of all 8 is in the Library.