University of Missouri High School

The University of Missouri High School (MU High School) is a distance learning K-12 high school administered by the University of Missouri, a public state university located in Columbia, Missouri and the flagship of the University of Missouri System. The program was founded in 1999 as part of the university's Center for Distance and Independent Study (CDIS). Its mission is to provide learning opportunities in addition to traditional high schools. The school offers more than 150 courses by certified Missouri teachers, from the elementary through high school levels. Each year thousands of students enroll in the high school to succeed in their home high schools and other settings.

MU High School was established and accredited by the NCA in 1999 as a program of the University of Missouri's Center for Distance and Independent Study (CDIS). The launch of MU High School was part of a broader trend of university-affiliated online high schools started by brick-and-mortar universities like Stanford University's Stanford University Online High School and Indiana University Bloomington's Indiana University High School. As of 2011, 85 students graduate from the high school annually according to The New York Times.

The Center for Distance and Independent Study ("the Center") began by offering university correspondence courses, and belonged to the university's Extension Division—a logical fit in this land-grant universities hierarchy. Historical records show that the Center offered high school courses as early as 1913.

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