The best tutors in Salt Lake City, UT

Utah students in grades 3–8 take the RISE assessments in English language arts and math, with science and writing tested in selected grades, and many 9th and 10th graders take Utah Aspire Plus. Tutoring centers that follow grade-level standards in reading, writing and math cover the same skills; ask a provider how sessions line up with your child's school curriculum and recent score reports.

Utah public high schools give the ACT to juniors during the school day, so most Salt Lake and Utah County families focus on ACT prep. Several providers listed here, including High Performance Tutoring, Higher Ground Learning, Wasatch Tutors, Thorup Tutoring and the Huntington centers, offer ACT preparation, and some also cover the SAT for students applying out of state.

The Salt Lake metro is split among several districts: Salt Lake City School District in the city itself, Granite (Holladay, Millcreek, Taylorsville, West Valley), Murray, Canyons (Sandy, Draper, Cottonwood Heights, Midvale), Jordan (South Jordan, West Jordan, Riverton, Herriman), Davis (Bountiful to Layton), Park City, Alpine (Lehi, American Fork, Highland, Orem) and Provo. Each area page notes its main district; boundaries don't always follow city lines, so check your school's district if a tutor works with a specific curriculum.

The University of Utah Reading Clinic in Murray offers reading assessments and intervention for Utah students from late kindergarten through 12th grade, including intensive intervention based on the Wilson Reading System; it notes that demand for intervention usually exceeds its capacity, so students may wait for a spot. JoyFully Read! in Provo and Thorup Tutoring in Holladay also work with struggling readers and students with learning disabilities.

Yes. Project Read, which started in Utah County in 1984, offers individual tutoring and small-group instruction in reading, writing, math and digital skills for adults 16 and older from offices in Provo and Murray. The English Skills Learning Center runs free English classes for adult language learners across Salt Lake County.