Penn Foster High School

Penn Foster High School is a U.S. for-profit distance education private high school. The school was founded in 1890, and is now one of the largest high schools in the United States with over 50,000 students currently enrolled across all 50 states. The school is regionally and nationally-accredited. It is headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It offers a complete high school diploma program that students can complete online. The school also offers several online high school concentration programs including an early college program for students looking to get a head start on their college education, as well as vocational concentrations in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, health care, or information technology.In December 2009, Penn Foster High School was purchased by test preparation and educational support company The Princeton Review from its previous owner, the Wicks Group, a private equity firm that had bought the high school from Thomson Corporation in 2007.AccreditationPenn Foster High School is regionally accredited for grades 9 through adult by the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. and nationally accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC).