Lafayette Academy - Lafayette, California

Grace Dixon

Lafayette Academy has saved our sanity, ensured fewer late night homework sessions with well-meaning parents, and helped us all establish an excellent weekly tutoring routine we may all count on. Both of my daughters have thrived for years with the final exam crams and weekly tutoring. My older daughter utilized these tutors throughout her last year of high school and first year of college during the pandemic. She has straight A's so far, halfway through her junior year at SDSU--due in large part to the excellent foundation established with Lafayette Academy. My younger daughter has benefitted with your tutors for years, and also has straight A's halfway through her junior year in high school. Both my husband and I are very tight with our budget. We agree this is money well spent. This is an investment in our happy home and their future, and far superior to the alternative of unhappy homework evenings with tired parents, possibly lower test scores, and googling solutions to tough problems. Thank you Lafayette Academy!

2024 Update: Thanks again Lafayette Academy! Our youngest still benefits from your weekly math tutoring, now in her senior year. She was accepted into Princeton with a full tuition scholarship this fall, as well as all UC's and Cal States to which she applied. In addition to math tutoring, she gained improvements in her ACT and SAT scores with your prep booklets/classes, as well as finals and AP test exam cram sessions. Our older daughter (who you tutored through 2020 pandemic in college) graduated college with straight A's and was accepted into Law School with a scholarship. Lafayette Academy was an investment that paid off financially and emotionally for this family. You have our endless gratitude.

Aimee Padden

We have utilized Lafayette Academy's services for ten years (possibly more). Their centers are staffed with experienced and knowledgeable tutors who can assist with tutoring in all academic areas along with ACT and SAT test prep, exam crams and more. I have two girls, who benefitted greatly over the years from their services. From middle school work to college level courses (they even helped my daughter who attended Cal Berkeley with her Business Statistics Course and my other daughter's Chemistry Course through San Diego State) Lafayette Academy had the appropriate staff on hand to assist with all of their needs.

Their success can be attributed to the owners. The owner Mark B. with whom I conversed with regularly, is involved in his business and takes great care to ensure his clients are provided with excellent service. He and his staff are responsive and always have found the right fit for our daughters to ensure their academic success.

I highly recommend Lafayette Academy! Simply put..they are the best!

Aimee P. Alamo, CA

Courtney E Love

Lafayette Academy is a life saver with high school kids. Wonderful tutors who are skilled teachers with deep subject knowledge. Scheduling is easy. It has been the extra support my kids need to do their best in school.

Dani Malekafzali

Lafayette Academy is EXCELLENT! My daughter receives tutoring lessons from Claire in 2 subjects and is doing well in highschool. The Finals Cram sessions are FANTASTIC too!! Thank you for your support!!

Farina Wares

I attended Lafayette Academy for junior and senior year of high school and couldn't have made it without them. The tutors hired are professionals in each subject they teach, and they have always clearly answered each of my questions and made sure I understood all the concepts. If I came unprepared, the tutors still filled up the hour by explaining the chapter and homework with me, since they keep copies of the of our books. Even in the last 30 seconds of class, they always tried to finish the problem we were on. The place is also well equipped with a range of books and resources to use when a student forgets to bring something.

The SAT course is also great. The class size is about 4 to 10 and the students are provided with the College Board SAT book, and a thick binder of homework. The owner, Mark, also hangs around and tutors some classes. He cares so much for the students that he made me aware of free SAT nights and spent hours trying to teach me the tactics that would benefit my learning style the best. My SAT score increased hundreds of points, after all the work.

The tutors are all very nice and joke around with us in the middle of the classes to keep us entertained. The place is composed of separate rooms for each session the schedule is also very flexible to the point where I regularly called the day before to make an appointment or to cancel an appointment free of charge. Lafayette Academy is more than what it seems and a family will only understand the benefits after experiencing them. The students who were dedicated to their work and the tutors' advice all gained admission into excellent universities.

Deana Nelson

Our teenagers have been attending Lafayette Academy since last year. The support from the tutors has been great and the office staff is wonderful. They are also very flexible with the kids and scheduling which is an added bonus with changing schedules.

Sarah Jang

My daughter enjoys going every week. She’s more confident and comfortable in her math class at school. Alex does a great job teaching and keeping it fun.

Alexis Karolides

Unfortunately Lafayette Academy did not help my son improve his SAT score at all. He spent $1000 of his own money from his McDonalds job, so one would think he would have been motivated, but sadly his resulting SAT score (mid 1300's) was about the same as before he took the course. He did say the course helped him understand the English sections better and learn some grammar he never learned in the Lafayette schools (which maybe marginally improved his scores on the English sections). It didn't help him with math at all, but he was already an AP Calc student. My supposition is that the course is more helpful for people who are starting with very low SAT scores than for those who are trying to better an above-average starting score, or who are, like my son, struggling with issues such as the focus/time management problems related to his ADHD. Sadly, in the end, after all the hard work studying and costs, my son chose not to use his mid-1300's SAT score for his applications to top colleges. Perhaps if he had improved his score 50-100 points he would have gotten into one of them instead of being waitlisted. In the end, he got into UC Davis without an SAT score, and it's all good, but he has advised his brother (who also has good grades but mild ADHD), that studying on his own for the test would be a better use of his time and money than taking the prep course.