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The Study Loft Tutoring & test prep · Downtown Evanston
01 Subjects & rates

Every subject, every grade, every rate

Most centers make you sit through a consultation to hear a price. Here is ours, printed: one-to-one rates by subject and grade band, the small-group club, and what online saves. The free assessment quotes from this exact table.

The rate table

One-to-one hourly rates by subject and grade band, in US dollars, in-center.
Subject · one-to-one Elementary (K – 5) Middle school (6 – 8) High school (9 – 12)
Math Counting to calculus $54/hr online $48/hr $62/hr online $56/hr $72/hr online $66/hr
Reading & writing Decoding to essays $54/hr online $48/hr $60/hr online $54/hr $68/hr online $62/hr
Science Grade 6 and up not offered: honestly $62/hr online $56/hr $72/hr online $66/hr
Study skills & executive function The how of school $50/hr online $44/hr $56/hr online $50/hr $60/hr online $54/hr
Homework Help Club small group, 3 : 1 · in-center only $32/visit $229/mo · 2×/week $36/visit $259/mo · 2×/week $40/visit $289/mo · 2×/week
SAT / ACT prep grades 10 – 12 · packages from $80/hr 0 0 $95/hr online $89/hr

Rates in USD. Online sessions are $6/hour less at every level: same tutor, same plan. No registration fee, no materials fee, no contract.

A One-to-one subjects

What each program actually covers

Math

Number sense and math facts in the early grades; pre-algebra and algebra in middle school; geometry, algebra II, pre-calc, calculus, and statistics in high school.

$54/hr K–5$62/hr 6–8$72/hr 9–12

Reading & writing

Phonics and fluency for early readers (our lead tutor is Orton-Gillingham trained), comprehension and vocabulary in the middle grades, and essay structure, analysis, and revision for high schoolers.

$54/hr K–5$60/hr 6–8$68/hr 9–12

Science

Life and physical science in middle school; biology, chemistry, and physics in high school: taught by tutors who majored in the subject, not generalists reading a page ahead.

$62/hr 6–8$72/hr 9–12

We don't sell science tutoring below grade 6: at that age, reading and math are what actually move science grades.

Study skills & executive function

Planners that get used, backpacks that stop eating homework, note-taking, test anxiety, and starting things before 9 p.m. Coaching that makes every other subject cheaper.

$50/hr K–5$56/hr 6–8$60/hr 9–12

Executive-function coaching starts in grade 2: younger than that, it's a parent conversation, and those are free.

B Small group

Homework Help Club: 3 : 1, always

Drop-in table with a tutor for every three students. Not a substitute for 1-on-1: a place where the homework actually gets done, with help two seats away. We cap every table at three students rather than crowd them, which is why the popular blocks genuinely fill up.

  • Elementary (K – 5), $32/visit or $229/month, 2 visits a week
  • Middle school (6 – 8), $36/visit or $259/month, 2 visits a week
  • High school (9 – 12), $40/visit or $289/month, 2 visits a week

Two visits a week, month to month, cancel anytime. Visits run up to 90 minutes.

Students working together at a shared table by tall windows, one writing in a spiral notebook

Online: same tutor, $6/hr less

Every one-to-one subject and test-prep program runs online with the same tutor and the same plan: shared whiteboard, camera on, notes to your phone afterwards. It's $6/hour less at every level because our rent doesn't ride along.

Prefer packs? They're on the pricing page

10-hour pack saves 5%, 20-hour pack saves 10%, and unused hours are refundable. The math: worked examples included, lives on the pricing page.

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Not sure which subject is the real problem?

That's literally what the free assessment is for: a 60-minute skills check that finds where the gap starts, and a written plan that names the subject, the frequency, and the published price.

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