Ezra Learning vs Abeka Academy

What each one is

Abeka Academy video homeschool is the video homeschool program of Abeka, the publishing arm of Pensacola Christian College, for K4 through Grade 12. A child watches video lessons taught by Abeka's "Master Teachers" — 170 days of lessons a year, streamed or on DVD — and does the work in Abeka's textbooks, quizzes and tests, following the day-by-day schedule in the video manual. A full-grade enrollment covers Language Arts, Arithmetic, History & Geography, Science & Health and Bible, and comes as independent study (the family keeps its own records) or accredited (Abeka files the grades and issues report cards, transcripts and a diploma; accredited by FACCS and MSA CESS). On Abeka's 10-month plan a full grade with books is $143.40 a month per student for independent study in Grades 1–6, or $148.40 a month accredited, and Abeka gives one free week of streaming to try it.

Ezra Learning covers Grades 1–9 in Mathematics, English, Spelling, Bible and Geography, with about 6,900 hands-on practice skills and 1,220 narrated lessons, each with a printable sheet. Scripture (Berean Standard Bible) is read word for word in every strand of every subject; there are no cartoons, games or characters. The Family plan is $15 a month per household, up to six children, and the first two sections of every subject and grade are free.

The facts, line by line

		Abeka Academy
Grades	Grades 1–9	K4–Grade 12
Subjects	Math, English, Spelling, Bible, Geography	Language Arts, Arithmetic, History & Geography, Science & Health, Bible; electives 7–12
Price	$15 USD a month for the household (up to six children)	$143.40 a month per student on the 10-month plan, full grade 1–6 with books, independent study; $148.40 accredited
Free to start	Two sections of every subject and grade, always free	One free week of streaming video lessons
How a lesson is taught	Narrated by a voice, drawings only, watch-only	A classroom teacher on video, streamed or on DVD; textbooks alongside
Practice	Hands-on: drag, tap, sort, build, drop a pin	Textbook work, quizzes and tests on paper; the parent grades with the keys
Scripture	A Bible verse in every strand of every subject, read aloud	Bible as a full-year subject; "excellence in education from a Christian perspective"
Printables	A PDF sheet for every lesson + a library of 147 books and packs	Printed textbooks, test and quiz books, and a video manual in the kit
High school	No	Grades 9–12, six credits a year; diploma on the accredited track
Science	No	Yes
History	No	Yes
Accredited school	No — a curriculum	Yes, as an option: report cards, transcripts, diploma (FACCS, MSA CESS)
Parent reports	Per child: minutes, mastery, needs-a-hand, PDF report	Progress reports in the video manual; a parent dashboard to track lessons; official report cards when accredited
Offline option	Printable sheets; lessons need the internet	DVD rental (a media fee applies)
Cartoons, games, characters	None	None that we know of; the lessons are a filmed teacher and classroom

Facts checked October 14, 2026 on the two sites. Prices and plans change; the links at the end go to Abeka Academy's own pages, and we correct this table when we are told it is out of date.

What it costs your family

The biggest practical difference is how the price is counted. Abeka Academy is priced per student. Ezra is priced per household, so a second, third or fourth child costs nothing more.

How a lesson is taught

An Abeka Academy lesson is a video of an Abeka teacher teaching a class — the family's child watches it as if sitting in that classroom, by streaming on a computer or tablet or from a DVD — and then does the matching pages in the Abeka textbooks, with quizzes and tests from the test books. The video manual lays out every day of the 170-day year, and the parent follows it, grades the work with the keys, and keeps the progress reports; on the accredited track the parent mails in (or submits digitally, in Grades 7–12) the tests every six to nine weeks and Abeka rechecks them, files the grades and sends an official report card. The schedule is built to finish in ten months, with twelve allowed, and a child can go back and rewatch any lesson.

An Ezra lesson is a short narrated slideshow: one voice reads every word while a simple line drawing builds up on the slide — no cartoons, no characters, no questions asked of the child inside the lesson. The lesson ends with a Bible verse read aloud, and every lesson has a printable sheet for the child to do on paper. Then the child goes to the practice skills of that strand, which are hands-on: drag the pieces, tap the picture, build the number, sort the words, drop a pin on the map.

Where the Bible sits

Both programs are Christian. Abeka Academy is a Christian program from Pensacola Christian College: Bible is a full-year subject in every grade, the program describes itself as "excellence in education from a Christian perspective", and the Bible Abeka sells for its courses is the King James Version. In Ezra, Scripture is not a subject on the side. Every strand of Mathematics, English, Spelling and Geography closes with a verse from the Berean Standard Bible, read aloud word for word, and a Scripture practice skill sits at the end of every strand. Bible is also a subject of its own in every grade, with a character strand (obey right away, tell the truth, no quarrelling) in each. The verses are never paraphrased.

What Abeka Academy has that Ezra does not

K4, K5 and Grades 10–12. Science & Health and History & Geography as full subjects, and electives in the upper grades. A real teacher on video for every lesson of every subject, with the whole year scheduled day by day. Textbooks, quizzes and tests on paper, with a DVD option for a home without reliable internet. And an accredited track — report cards, transcripts, a cumulative GPA from Grade 9 and a diploma — from a program accredited by FACCS and MSA CESS.

What Ezra has that Abeka Academy does not

A Bible verse in every strand of every subject, read aloud word for word from the Berean Standard Bible. Practice the child does with his hands — dragging, sorting, building, dropping a pin on a map — rather than ticking boxes. One calm narrated voice with a simple drawing on every slide, and no cartoons, games, characters or rewards shops. A printable sheet for every lesson and a library of 147 books and packs (copywork, handwriting, grammar, spelling, Bible, maps, a year planner). One price for the household, however many children. And two free sections of every subject and grade, so a family can see all of it before paying anything.

Where the facts come from

• Abeka Academy pricing — abeka.com
• Abeka Academy video homeschool — abeka.com
• Accredited vs. independent study — abeka.com
• Academics FAQs — academy.abeka.com
• Ezra Learning: pricing and curriculum pages, October 14, 2026.

Abeka Academy is the name of its owner, used here only to identify the product. If you represent Abeka Academy and a fact here is wrong, write to hello@ezralearning.com and we will correct it.