Future Ready
Programs built to prepare learners for the future. Future Ready is Excel High School's fully online educational option serving students in grades 6–12 — a comprehensive middle school, a genuine high school diploma, and authentic career exploration tailored to your student's starting point.
The core philosophy behind Future Ready is that our schools should prepare students for their future, wherever that future may lie.
That means middle school is the time for exploring what's out there, not deciding on a career path. That means high school students should be able to make a meaningful choice from one of the five Texas endorsement areas, on a true Distinguished diploma plan. And that means all of those options delivered online, on your student's schedule, with wrap-around support to ensure they succeed.
Future Ready Middle School and Future Ready High School stand independently complete. A 6th, 7th, or 8th grader could enter Future Ready Middle School and graduate out of Future Ready High School with a running start. A 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grader could enter Future Ready High School and graduate with a complete diploma. The majority of Future Ready students enter in high school. Some enter earlier. Both methods are successful.
Grades 6–8
A solid academic foundation. Genuine career experiences. Meaningful direction.
Middle school is where inquisitiveness is guided. Your student carries a full academic course load aligned with grade-level standards and is introduced to the career fields that the five high school endorsement areas will later be organized around. They explore. They sample. They begin to see the match for their interests.
What Future Ready Middle School provides:
Grades 9–12
A complete diploma, five endorsement categories, and two graduation options.
High school is where the work gets serious. Your student graduates with a high school diploma and an endorsement in one of the five Texas education and career categories. Your family has a choice between two diploma plans: the 22-credit foundation plan or the 26-credit endorsement plan, which qualifies students for admission to Texas universities under the Top 10% law.
The five endorsement areas:
Enrollment is open to all grade levels, 9 through 12. Credit transfers are assessed on an individual basis. A Texas Advisor will work with your family to review your student's completed coursework and future requirements.
Explore High SchoolYour student connects at their convenience. No scheduled class periods. No driving. No school day to coordinate with the family's schedule.
Each Future Ready student is assigned a dedicated Success Coach who knows your student by name and assists them throughout the year — pacing, motivation, course navigation, and any challenges along the way.
Future Ready includes career exposure as part of the program, not an afterthought. Middle school students sample widely. High school students choose an endorsement and go deep.
Future Ready High School graduates earn a genuine, accredited high school diploma — offered at two levels to meet various family goals and student paths.
If this sounds like your family, then Future Ready is worth considering.
Your Texas Advisor will discuss where your student fits, a good entry point for their grade level, and the next step for your family.
Consult a Texas Advisor
