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What one hour a week costs through 12th grade

This prices one subject from a grade through 12th. It does not place your child, write a study plan, or find a tutor. Read the short essay.

One hour a week from 4th grade through 12th grade is $21,600 with a $60-an-hour tutor.

On these assumptions, that hour is $60 a week, $200 a month, and $2,400 a year. The total above counts 9 school years, this grade through 12th.

Private tutoring is often quoted at $4,000–$10,000 a year per student. One hour a week at $60 is $2,400 a year, which is less than that quote. Over these years, the quoted range is $36,000–$90,000.

  • Tutor at $60/hr$21,600

    1 hour a week at the low end of the published $60–$150/hr range, unless you change the rate.

  • Elite tutor at $150/hr$54,000

    Same hours. High end of the published private-tutor range, unless you change the rate.

  • Affordable program at $150/mo$16,200

    Low end of the published $150–$300 per month, per subject. A monthly price, not an hourly tutor.

  • Student tutor at $25/hr$9,000

    Same hours. This rate is a scenario, not a published market quote.

  • ASPIRE Committed$3,132

    $29 a month for one student ($348 a year). Not multiplied by students, because the plan is for one student.

  • ASPIRE All-In$2,241

    $249 a year for up to 5 students in one household. Not multiplied by student count.

Change the rates and read how the math works

Through 12th = hourly rate × hours per week × 40 weeks × years × students. Years = 12 − grade + 1, counting this grade. A month is that year divided by 12. The affordable program is its monthly price × 12 × years × students. ASPIRE Committed stays $348 a year for one student. ASPIRE All-In stays $249 a year for up to five students. Neither ASPIRE price is multiplied by the student count.

One optional next step is to look at what $29 a month includes. That is about one inexpensive tutor hour. Committed is practice for one student: a 180-day library, 300+ questions, 102 writing prompts, and four tests. It is not a person in the room.