The curriculum at Lake Forest Academy is a challenging, four-year, sequential program composed of a core of studies and a broad range of electives. The core curriculum provides a sequence of courses fundamental to a liberal education and to college-bound students. A minimum of 18 total credits over four years is required to earn an LFA diploma. In the four-year program, students distribute courses to satisfy the following departmental requirements:

English four years (each year at LFA) 

Mathematics three years (including at least Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II)

History, Science and Language three (or more) years in at least two of these disciplines, and two (or more) in the third, including at least two full-year lab sciences. Either World History II (or Advanced Placement World History) and U.S. History, (or Advanced Placement U.S. History) are required for graduation.

Fine & Performing Arts one year, either in a year-long class or two semester-long classes, plus the Freshman Foundation in the Arts course

The Lake Forest Academy curriculum offers students many elective course choices as a complement to core requirements. A student’s course selections over four years will depend on many factors, including preparation and achievement before attending LFA, achievement in courses while at LFA, personal intellectual interests, and future academic goals.