The dashboard your homeschool year deserves.
Every homeschool family runs on a half-finished planner, a Google Doc, a wall calendar, and the parent's memory. Lightstead's homeschool tracker app puts the year into one dashboard: today's plan per child, weekly progress against state requirements, deadline countdowns (PA Aug 1, NY July 1, GA Sept 1), and a calm view of where each child stands across reading, math, science, and the rest. Nothing fancy — just everything in one place, surfaced when you need it.
- 1Dashboard — not a planner, not a doc, not a wall
- Per-childProgress views — see each child's year independently
- 51States covered — 43 with deep state-specific scaffolding, 8 with basic compliance summaries
Today's plan, per child, in 10 seconds.
Wake up, open Lightstead, see what each child is doing today by subject. Math at 9, reading at 10, science lab in the afternoon, co-op pickup at 3. Past-due items rise. Completed items fade. The dashboard answers "what are we doing today?" without making you write the plan twice.
- Per-child today view
- Subject blocks with start times
- Past-due rises, complete fades
- Calendar-linked field trips + co-op
Where each child stands across every subject.
Subject-by-subject progress bars per child — not as percentages of a textbook, but as evidence-of-instruction. How many lessons in math this year, how many reading-log entries, how many science labs completed. The view matches what state evaluators ask: breadth (subject coverage) and growth (forward motion).
- Per-subject lesson count
- Per-child progression view
- Compare against state requirements
- Highlight subjects falling behind
Every state's calendar — surfaced on Today's dashboard.
PA's August 1 affidavit. NY's July 1 NOI + 28-day IHIP window. Florida's 30-day Letter of Intent. Georgia's September 1 Declaration of Intent. Ohio's August 30 notification. Virginia's August 15 NOI and August 1 evidence of progress. Lightstead knows your state, surfaces the deadlines 30 days out, and tracks whether each year's filings are complete.
- Auto-tuned to your state
- 30/14/3-day rolling reminders
- Filing history with confirmation receipts
- Multi-child support for the same household
Track three kids without three apps.
Most homeschool families have more than one child. Lightstead's tracker handles 1 or 10 — each child has their own subject scaffold, their own progress view, their own portfolio. Shared lessons (co-op, family read-aloud) credit multiple kids in one entry. Family-wide deadlines surface once; per-child deadlines surface per child.
- Unlimited children per household
- Per-child subject scaffolds
- Shared lessons credit multiple
- Family vs per-child deadlines
It works alone — but it's better with the rest.
Common questions.
What is a homeschool tracker app?
Software that consolidates the moving parts of a homeschool year — lessons, attendance, work samples, deadlines, test scores, and state requirements — into one place so a parent doesn't run the program across three notebooks, a spreadsheet, and a planner. A good homeschool tracker handles multi-child households, state-specific compliance, and end-of-year exports.
How is Lightstead different from a planner app?
Planner apps schedule the work; Lightstead schedules and records it. A planner shows "math at 9:30 Monday" and forgets it the next week. Lightstead shows the same and stores the completion timestamp, the materials used, the time spent, and the child's progress — which builds into a year-end portfolio without separate logging. The plan IS the record.
Does the tracker work for unschooling or interest-led homeschooling?
Yes. Lightstead doesn't impose a curriculum — it logs whatever educational activity you do. An unschooling family logs nature walks, library trips, the kid's project work, and the parent's read-alouds the same way a structured family logs lessons. The state still wants evidence of instruction; Lightstead captures it without forcing a textbook scope.
Can two parents share a homeschool tracker?
Yes. Lightstead is built for households — both parents in the household workspace can record a completed lesson, drop a work sample, mark attendance. Cross-household shared workspaces aren't supported today; the standard pattern is one household workspace per family unit.
Does the tracker handle high school credits and transcripts?
Yes. Lightstead's transcript builder accumulates credits, grades, and course descriptions as the high-school years happen. By senior year, the transcript and course-description packet are export-ready for college applications. See the dedicated transcript page for details.
Can I use the tracker offline?
The web app needs a connection but works fine on a slow or intermittent one (it's React-based, not heavy). The iOS + Android native apps (currently in private beta heading to App Store + Play Store launch) keep the active screen responsive during flaky cell signal in-session. Persistent offline sync after a cold-start isn't shipping yet; the design target is to keep the day's plan usable in the gaps.
How much does the homeschool tracker cost?
Lightstead is $9.99/month or $89.99/year for the full household (unlimited children). 30-day free trial, no card on signup. The pricing includes homeschool, calendar, lists, chores, and the rest — not a per-module surcharge.
Can I switch from another homeschool tracker?
Yes. Lightstead doesn't have an automated import tool yet, but the manual transition takes a couple hours: enter children, set subjects, drop in any prior test scores and curriculum titles you want carried forward. The compliance scaffolding adapts to your state's record-keeping rules once you set the state in settings.
One dashboard for the whole homeschool year.
30-day free trial. Today's plan, yearly progress, state deadlines, and multi-child households — together, in one place.
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