Born at SpaceX, Astra Nova is an online school for kind, independent, and daring kids.
— available worldwide to students ages 10-15.
Our goal is to focus on what matters most: our students’ (1) ability to think, (2) solve problems in teams, and (3) contribute good to the world.
The Basics
Astra Nova is a laboratory school on an endless search for better student experiences.
(1) we are an online-only school.
(2) we offer a flagship full-time or part-time enrollment.
(3) we try to endlessly improve the school— expect new ideas each term.
(4) our school operates on Pacific Time (PT) although students join us from all over the world.
(5) all courses are taught live in English— class sizes generally range from 6-16 students.
(6) we work with students ages 10-15, roughly 5th-9th grade. Our flagship program focuses on the later middle school years, ages 12-15.
(7) our admissions process is need blind, and we meet 100% of demonstrated financial need for US-based and international families.
(8) courses change every term, but here is a glimpse of the courses offered in the current term 👉 [Course Options Winter 24/25]
(9) our academic calendar for the 2025/2026 school year can be found 👉 [Astra Nova Calendar]]
(10) our faculty teach algebra I, geometry, algebra II, and pre-calculus to our flagship students— we work with Art of Problem Solving to support students who need a different math class.
(11) we provide guidance and support, including Astra Nova transcripts and letters of recommendation, for our flagship students when they apply to high school. Some Astra Nova graduates attend the most selective boarding and day schools in the country.
(12) we hold two multi-day in-person events each year in Southern California for our flagship students in the fall (mountains near Palm Springs) and spring (coast near Santa Barbara)— we also host end-of-year events in Los Angeles for all Astra Nova families at beginning of June.
(13) we focus our energy on what really matters to the development of our students: their disposition towards learning and complexity, their ability to work effectively in teams, and their capacity to make ethical decisions.
(14) we are a small community of kind, curious, and ambitious people working together on big ideas. Any insights we glean from our school, we humbly share with the world.