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Missouri Academy

For Missouri Residents

(US citizens & permanent residents)

There are three categories of costs associated with a student attending school at the Missouri Academy:

1. Tuition and Fees

2. Room and Board

3. Miscellaneous Expenses/Incidental Costs

Figures are estimates and subject to change.

Housing Prepayment -- due at Summer Orientation $150 (first year only)
Wellness Center Fee -- takes place of per visit fee $70 per semester
Student Activity Fee -- for recreational facilities $35 per semester
Northwest Bookstore -- pens, pencils, paper, etc. $45 ($5 x 9 months)
Printouts, photocopies, faxes -- as needed $90 ($10 x 9 months)
Telephone, long distance -- as needed $90 ($10 x 9 months)
Laundry -- as needed $102 ($3 x 34 weeks)
Personal items, toiletries, laundry soap, movies, eating out, etc. $270 ($30 x 9 months)
Shuttle Charges -- as needed $350 ($50 x 7 months)
Prom in May (optional) $45 + dress/tux, flowers, etc.
Graduation announcements, senior rings (optional) $200 (varies greatly! -- 2nd year only)
Missouri Academy Yearbook (optional) $40 per year
Northwest Tower Yearbook (optional) $40 per year
Student Activities (optional) -- such as zoo trips, opera tickets, wing t-shirts, etc. $75 per year
Approximate Total (per year): $1,450 - $1,525

Relationship between sending/home high school and the Missouri Academy 

When a student enrolls at the Missouri Academy, he/she can either;

  1. remain on the class rolls of the sending/home high school, or
  2. sever ties with the home high school and totally transfer to the Missouri Academy.

The decision to go with either (a) or (b) may be initiated by either the student or the sending/home school. The implications of these decisions are outlined below:

  1. If the home high school elects to keep the student on its class rolls (and the student agrees), then the home high school:
    • Can use the standardized test scores of the student in their statistical reports to DESE (for example, MAP, ACT, SAT scores, etc.)
    • Counts the student as enrolled at the home school for the purpose of requesting state funds that are allocated on a per pupil basis
    • Receives a portion of the state funds received from DESE (approximately 20%)
    • Agrees to pay some of the state funding received from DESE to the Missouri Academy (approximately 80%)
    • Agrees that the student can receive a high school diploma from the home high school when the student completes the Missouri Academy core curriculum –the home high school cannot impose additional requirements for graduation.
    • Has the right to determine whether or not the student will be allowed to participate in the home school graduation ceremony.
  2. If the home high school elects to sever ties and officially transfer the student to the Missouri Academy, then the home high school:
    • Cannot use any of the student's standardized test scores in its statistical reports to DESE
    • Cannot count the student for the purpose of receiving state funds on a per pupil basis. This means that the home high school must report the enrollment of one less student than it would if it kept the student on its rolls when requesting funds from DESE. The home high school receives no funds from DESE for this particular student if it chooses this option.
    • When the sending school opts to transfer the student to the Missouri Academy, the Missouri Academy can award the student a high school diploma when the student completes the core curriculum. It should be noted that in this case, the high school diploma will be from the Missouri Academy, not from the home school.

NB: Neither the student nor the home high school can override the other’s decision to sever ties.