The best tutors in Nashville, TN

Tennessee students in grades 3–8 take the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) in English language arts and math, with science and social studies in some grades, and high schoolers take TCAP end-of-course exams. Most centers in this directory teach to grade-level standards in reading, writing and math; Franklin Tutoring advertises a TCAP-focused course. Ask any provider how its sessions line up with your child's TCAP results and school curriculum.

Tennessee requires every public high school junior to take the ACT or SAT, and the ACT is the more common choice. Scores also matter for the Tennessee HOPE Scholarship, which a student can qualify for with an ACT score of 21 (or the SAT equivalent) or a 3.0 GPA. Local options include Test Geek's Brentwood classes, Test Prep Nashville in Green Hills, nGenius in Franklin, Advantage Testing in Brentwood and the Huntington centers.

Tennessee's Say Dyslexia law requires public schools to screen students for characteristics of dyslexia and provide intervention, but many families add outside help. In this directory, Hoover Learning Group (Brentwood, Hendersonville and Murfreesboro) offers therapy by Certified Academic Language Therapists, Tennessee Dyslexia Centers in Brentwood uses Orton-Gillingham and Lindamood-Bell methods, and Lindamood-Bell runs a learning center in Brentwood. MTSU's Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia publishes guidance for families on finding trained interventionists.

Nashville and Davidson County are served by Metro Nashville Public Schools. The suburbs fall under Williamson County Schools (Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville; Franklin Special School District for K–8 inside Franklin), Rutherford County Schools and Murfreesboro City Schools, Wilson County Schools (Mt. Juliet), Sumner County Schools (Hendersonville, Gallatin) and Maury County Public Schools (most of Spring Hill). Many of the centers listed here sit in Brentwood and Cool Springs, so it's worth checking which ones also offer online sessions.

Yes, for adults. The Nashville Adult Literacy Council offers free one-on-one reading and writing tutoring and English classes for adults, and Read To Succeed offers free adult literacy tutoring and English as a second language classes to Rutherford County residents. Conexión Américas runs online evening English classes for adults in Nashville.