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Although I am not familiar with Stanford Online High School (SOHS) at all, it does not sound so bad.

According to Google, “A highly selective, independent school affiliated with Stanford University, known for its rigorous college-prep curriculum and innovative learning environment. It serves a diverse student body from across the US and internationally.“

I came across to learn that N高等学校・S高等学校・R高等学校 (N/S/R High School) in Japan would also not be a bad school.

According to Google, “N High School, S High School, and R High School are new online high schools that employ an online and distance learning high school system created by KADOKAWA and DWANGO. At our online high schools, you can use ICT tools to study and efficiently acquire a high school diploma. By studying more efficiently, you can use your free time to engage in learning that will shape your future and spend more time making friends.“

The latter has 32,613 students learning remotely throughout Japan. I only hear positive reviews about ithem. Thus, I recommended that my son plan to go there. He agreed.

Now, sit down, relax, and explore some unique online high schools in the world. According to their website, THINK Global School, based in New York City, is an independent high school that travels the world with students studying in eight countries (Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Greece, India, Japan, Mexico, and Sweden), over the course of two years (2025-27).

Let’s turn our attention to other online high schools in Japan. We have a selective sports high school. 未来富山高等学校 (Mirai Toyama High School) focuses on training future baseball stars. They have 25 students learning online, and 23 of them are being trained together in baseball on-site.

The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), which exclusively broadcasts 全国高等学校野球選手権大会 (National High School Baseball Championship) in summer and 選抜高等学校野球大会 (Selected High School Baseball Tournament) in spring runs its online high school, NHK学園高等学校 (NHK Gakuen High School).

Young Men’s Christian Association (Donald Trump version, 西城秀樹 version, YMCA in short, is independent of the YWCA) operates its online high school, 東京YMCA高等学院 (Tokyo YMCA High School), in Tokyo.

屋久島おおぞら高校 (Yakushima Oozora High School) in Kagoshima offers an annual school excursion to Yakushima Island.

札幌静修高等学校 (Sapporo Seishu High School), an agricultural high school in Hokkaido, offers its 通信制課程 (Online High School) program.

For further reading, please check out this article: 東京都の通信制高校20選 (20 online high schools accessible in Tokyo).