Wealthy parents pay $75,000 for Alpha’s two-hour AI school day. Half of its K-8 students missed the math target

Alpha School, the AI-focused private school charging wealthy parents $75,000 a year for a two-hour school day, reported that only 42% of its K-8 students met its "2x" learning goal in math and reading, according to internal data. The disclosure comes as 2,600 public school students now use Alpha's software, extending the model beyond its high-fee private base. The shortfall matters because Alpha's pitch rests on AI-driven instruction delivering twice the academic progress in a fraction of the classroom time, a claim now under scrutiny as the company seeks to scale. Watch whether Alpha releases fuller outcome data and how school districts using its software evaluate results.