Parent-run groups and nonprofit communities that meet weekly for classes. Most expect parents to help.
Price listed
Area: Cincinnati Friends Meeting, Keller Rd. (outdoors and indoors)
A nature-based, self-directed co-op with one optional facilitated activity a day and lots of free play and time outdoors. New families visit a summer play date or open house before enrolling, and each day has an enrollment cap.
- Ages: Children 3 and older pay tuition. Younger siblings are welcome free.
- Cost: New families: $90 per child per 16-week semester for the first child and $80 for each additional child, plus a $25 family membership fee. Returning-family and sibling discounts and up to 50% financial aid are listed.
- Faith: Secular.
- When: Mondays and Thursdays, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Fall: Sept. 7–Dec. 17. Winter/spring: Jan. 11–May 6.
Price listed
Area: Friendship Baptist Church, Cheviot Rd., Cincinnati
A large parent-led co-op where members teach and help in the classrooms. Each hour offers at least three class options from 1st grade up, with a lunch break and a parent room. Kindergarten families may go on a wait list.
- Ages: Nursery through 12th grade (200+ children)
- Cost: Tuition is $110 per child age 2 and up, capped at 3 children. Some classes add fees of $5–$100.
- Faith: Not stated by the group
- When: Mondays, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m., in five one-hour class periods. Families enroll for at least three hours.
Price listedFaith-based
Area: North Fairfield Baptist Church, Hamilton (Fairfield Township, north of Cincinnati)
A co-op where families teach classes one day a week (PE, science, history, art, Spanish and more). Parents stay and help, and the page says it has a wait list, especially for families with younger children.
- Ages: 1st through 12th grade, with enrichment for younger siblings
- Cost: $70 yearly registration per family, plus $70 per semester for teaching families or $140 for non-teaching families. Drop-off for grades 9–12 is $75 per student per class per semester.
- Faith: Christian. Parents agree to its Statement of Faith.
- When: Fridays. 2026–27: Sept. 11–Dec. 11 and Jan. 8–Apr. 9, three 55-minute class periods.
Price listedFaith-based⚠️ Not fully confirmed
Area: Cincinnati
Age-group classes with Bible time, creative arts, history and science, plus field trips, a Christmas concert, art show and field days.
- Ages: Infants and toddlers through older elementary classes
- Cost: Enrollment is $300 per family, and a non-refundable deposit applies toward that.
- Faith: Christian, Christ-centered.
- When: Weekly. Fridays are field trips and outings.
⚠️ Its page says 2026–27 registration is full. You can add your family to the wait list.
Price: see site⚠️ Not fully confirmed
Area: West Chester
A homeschool cooperative with quarter-long classes, plus Kids Teach Week, a Maker Faire, holiday parties, field day and guest visitors.
- Ages: See site
- Cost: See site.
- Faith: Not stated by the group
- When: Friday mornings, 9:15 a.m.–1 p.m., from September to April. The year has four quarters with two classes each.
⚠️ Its page says 2026–27 enrollment is full.