This time of year, I frequently get calls and emails from friends and parents of FISD students asking for a list of trusted academic tutors to help with everything from “that crazy new math” to prepping for the SAT.
Campus counselors maintain a list of individuals who offer tutoring services and will be happy to share it with you. However, depending on the topic and your child’s needs, you may want to consider one of the more formal tutoring centers that we have in Frisco.
Identifying the Right Academic Support For Your Child
It seems like every new shopping center in Frisco has a tutoring center. One might assume they’re all the same but I’ve learned there are many different approaches and features to be aware of when seeking the right center for your student.
Most places offer a free consultation or diagnostic assessment to find your child’s level so don’t let this offer sway you towards one more than the other. However, most have some sort of specialty whether it be by age or subject.
I’ve gathered for you a fairly comprehensive list of academic tutoring centers in Frisco, and their specialties, all of which are all poised to help your child stay on par in our competitive school district.
If we missed one, please let us know if the comments section below!
It’s Not Complicated (INC) Tutoring
- Private, prescriptive, tutoring company focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and standardized test preparation
- Math, Science, Foreign Languages, English, Test Prep, Virtual Tutoring, Academic Counseling, Dance
- One-on-one hourly sessions range by subject $65-$95 or purchase multiple sessions at once for a discount. Prep course pricing available on their website.
- Grades: Kindergarten thru College and beyond.
- While A Grade Ahead focuses on enrichment, it also offers one-on-one tutorials
- Grades: K-12th
- Hours: 4:30-7:30 M-W, 9:15-1:15 Saturday
- Of note, the child leaves with extra materials for potential at-home reinforcement of the lesson
- Specialties: Math, English, General Knowledge & Abacus
- Ages: 3 – 14
- Hours: 4:30-7:30 T/Th & 3-6 Saturday
- K-12 tutoring in Reading, Writing and Math through Statistics
- Test prep including SAT, ACT, PSAT, AP, STAAR, private school entrance exams and many more
- College applications and essay help
- Hours: 1-9 M-F & 9-5 Saturday
College Nannies, Sitters, and Tutors
- Specialty: One-on-one tutoring with the same tutor every time
- Tutoring: All subjects including Math, Science, History, AP, ACT and SAT
- Grades: All but specialize in middle and high school
- Hours: Anytime the family and the tutor can get together.
- Costs: $65/hour (for homework help) $80/hour (for AP and SAT/ACT prep)
- Tutoring is customized to the student’s needs. Customized one-on-one tutoring means working on individual needs instead of following a curriculum.
- Specialties: Math, Reading, Writing, STAAR, COGAT
- Grades: Pre-K – 8th
- Open 7 days a week at varied times
- Of note, unlike many tutoring centers, you do not need to schedule tutoring sessions in advance
- Specialties: Math and English
- Grades: K-12
- Hours: Varies by location
- Specialties: Math & Reading
- Test prep including PSAT/SAT/ACT prep workshops and private one-on-one tutoring
- Serves Pre-K through Geometry
- Hours: 4-7 M, W, Th and 10-1 Saturday
- Costs: no contracts, $150-$290
- Of note, Gideon supplements homework help & test prep with their own curriculum to help customize based on individual student needs
- Specialties: Math, English, Science, SAT/ACT, & Curriculum Support
- Grade Power also offers help with confidence, self-esteem, and motivation
- Assistance offered for children with learning difficulties
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Study Skills help available to help provide teens a solid foundation for test taking and college prep
- Ages 3 – College Prep
- Hours: 9-7 M-Th, 9-2 F, and Saturday by appointment
- Specialties: Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Study Skills
- Test prep including: SAT/ACT, AP, ASVAB, GED and many more!
- Grades: K-12th
- Hours: 10-9 M-Th, 10-6 F, 10-3 Sat, 1-5 Sunday
- Specialty: College Prep
- PSAT/SAT, ACT, college admission essays
- Grades: 9th-12th
- Hours: T, W, Th 3:30-7:30 and Sat 9-2
- Cost: $50 Enrollment Fee, $50-$200 per session dependent on topic
Kumon Math and Reading Center – Multiple locations across Frisco
- Specialties: Math and Reading
- Ages 3 through High School
- Hours: Varies by location
- Cost: Registration fee, monthly tuition, and materials fee varies based on location
- Specialty: Math at any level or ability
- Grades: Elementary through High School
- Hours: 3-8 M-Th, 10-2 Saturday
- Of note, provides ongoing assessments to ensure the instruction is personalized
- Specialty: Literacy
- Early Reading (Pre-K, 3-4 year olds)
- Early Writing (Pre-K-1st grade)
- Multi-Sensory Reading Enrichment (K-2)
- Intervention Reading/Fluency & Spelling/Vocabulary (3rd-4th)
- Reading Comprehension (3rd-4th)
- Writing Workshop (2nd-4th)
- Hours: 2:30-7:30. Summer hours AM classes/PM classes, Sat: 8:30-12:30 Sun: 10:30-3:30, (open 7 days a week)
- Cost: no contracts. ($150 a month to Reading/Writing packages), sibling discount
- Of note, Reading Ranch also services enrollment, at-risk readers & those with dyslexia tendencies
- Specialties: Math, Reading, Writing, Science, & homework help
- Test prep including: STAAR, GT, IOWA, SAT/ACT, & MAP
- Grades: K-12
- Hours: 10-7 M-F & 10-1 Saturday
- Cost: 4 one-hour classes per month is $100/month for Elementary, $120 for Middle School and $140 for High School grades in a small group setting (2-3 students per teacher). One-on-one tutoring is available for $140 per month.
- Of note, after school care and pick up available
- Specialties: Writing, Reading, Math, Algebra & Geometry, Study Skills
- Test prep including: SAT/ACT, AP
- Grades: K-12th
- Cost: Starts at $49 an hour
- One-on-one tutoring and test prep in Frisco, specializing in SAT and ACT prep
- “Our average student goes up over 210 points on the SAT and 3-4 points on the ACT.”
- $166 per two-hour session for private, one-on-one tutoring
- Open Mon-Sat from 8 am – 9 pm
- One-to-one instruction
- Unique rotational approach to learning
- Specialties: Math, Reading, Writing
- Customized academic & enrichment programs
- Grades: K-12
- Hours: 3:30-7:30 M-Th, by appt F/Saturday
- 2-3 sessions per week (1 hour per session)
- Cost: No contracts and family/referral discounts available
- Of note, The Tutoring Center guarantees results
- Tutoring services for students of all ages, levels, and subjects.
- Tutors come to your home, at a convenient time for you. (Now available virtually, as well.)
- FISD approved vendor.
- SAT/ACT Test Prep, Math, Science, Reading, English, Foreign Language
- Specialty: Math and Test Prep
- Value Tutor offers both group and one-on-one tutoring
- Grades: K-12th
- Group tutoring $140-170/month of 8-10 hours
- Individual tutoring: $50/hour
- Of note, Value Tutor offers online tutoring and is exploring the possibility of e-mail tutoring
Enrichment Centers
Frisco is fortunate to have not only a plethora of general tutoring centers but enrichment centers as well. What is the difference?
Enrichment centers focus less on the classwork and more on the growth and training of the brain to help a child learn more about themselves and become life-long problem solvers. These kinds of services are excellent pairings with general tutoring centers for children experiencing struggles that impact more than one area.
- Specialty: Manipulatives-based instruction that encourages analysis and justification of answer more than just memorization
- Mathematical critical thinking, logical reasoning, spatial reasoning, and communication
- Ages: 2 – 11
- Hours: 10:30-6 M-F and 10-3:30 Saturday
- Of note, students are taught in a collaborative small group atmosphere based on their ability
- The year-around program does not lean on a paper or technology-based curriculum and will not give extra homework
- Specialties: Students with challenges including ADHD, Asperger’s, High Functioning Autism, PDD-NOS, Dyslexia and Processing Disorders
- Brain Balance goes right to tackling the root of the issue and understands the importance of integrating parents for long-range solutions
- Grades: K-12
- Hours: 10-7 M-F
- Of note, they provide a broad range of service with a “whole child” mindset with everything from sensory to dietary guidance
- Specialty: One-on-One Cognitive Training improving IQ
- Including but not limited to reading, memory, learning, and attention
- Subjects: Reading, Math, Enrichment, ADHD, Dyslexia
- Ages 5 – Adults
- Hours: 9-9 M-F, and 9-3 Saturday
- Basic costs: $500 – $15,000 HSA & FSA accepted
- Certified Trainers, Licensed Diagnosticians, Out-of-Network Insurance Provider
