Best for a Carroll ISD family wanting steady after-school math and English tutoring, priced by subject.

TutoringMathReadingCodingAbacusScienceEnglishWriting
Group classesPrivate lessonsIndoorSummer campsOngoing enrollmentFree trialYear-round
Thu · 4:30PM – 7:30PM
Monday4:30PM – 7:30PM
Tuesday4:30PM – 7:30PM
Wednesday4:30PM – 7:30PM
Thursday4:30PM – 7:30PM
FridayClosed
Saturday10AM – 12PM
SundayClosed
$159 - $399

$159 - $399

Monthly tuition, per child, by subject count: 1 subject $159, 2 subjects $269, 3 subjects $299, 4 subjects $399. Starts with a free consultation and placement test. The location may offer additional subject packages.

Tutoring in Math and English (reading & writing), with Abacus and Coding offered as enrichment. Each child follows a personalized learning plan set by a free placement test, and works one-on-one with a teacher. Sessions run after school — Monday–Thursday 4:30–7:30 PM and Saturday 10 AM–12 PM. Enrollment is monthly, priced by the number of subjects.

Schedule

Tutoring in Math and English (reading & writing), with Abacus and Coding offered as enrichment. Each child follows a personalized learning plan set by a free placement test, and works one-on-one with a teacher. Sessions run after school — Monday–Thursday 4:30–7:30 PM and Saturday 10 AM–12 PM. Enrollment is monthly, priced by the number of subjects.

1 Summer Camp Concluded
  • Jun 8–12 · Public Speaking Camp for KidsConcluded · ages 6–14

Cost · Contact for current pricing

Details

2026 summer: a full-day Public Speaking Camp for Kids (ages 6–14) has concluded. Individual Southlake camp dates aren't posted on the site — contact the center for the current camp schedule.

Our take

Best Brains keeps it simple: you pick the subjects your child needs — math, English, or both — and pay a flat monthly rate for each one, so you know what a month costs before you start. There's no placement into a package before the work begins; a child takes a free placement test, the center finds the gaps, and builds a personalized plan a teacher then works one-on-one against.

The focus is core academics. Math runs from number sense and basic facts through fractions, word problems, and pre-algebra, with STAAR math readiness built in; English covers reading fluency and comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and writing, with STAAR reading and writing preparation. Abacus and coding sit on top as enrichment — aimed at focus, memory, and logic rather than as separate tracks. It's built for the elementary and middle-school years and for a family that wants steady practice on the skills pointed at what their child is actually tested on, rather than a one-time cram.

Local Tips

Best Brains is at 280 Commerce Street, Suite 115, and it runs on an after-school schedule only: Monday through Thursday from 4:30 to 7:30 PM and Saturday mornings 10 to noon, with no daytime, Friday, or Sunday hours — so plan enrollment around the after-dismissal window. The first step isn't a trial class but a free consultation and placement test, which sets where your child starts. Because billing is monthly by the number of subjects, it's easy to begin with a single subject and add another later without renegotiating a whole package.

Credentials

Best Brains Southlake is a franchise center of the Best Brains brand, led by Center Director Dr. Alice Ward-Johnson — an educator with advanced degrees in education and over 18 years spanning the classroom, a high-school principalship, and college teaching, who tutors in math, English, and Abacus. Teacher Amanda Blakely brings 14 years in grades 3–6, a University of Texas at Austin bachelor's, and a University of Texas at Arlington master's in Curriculum and Instruction. Teachers work one-on-one with students on personalized learning plans, and every child begins with a free consultation and placement test that sets a starting point in the Best Brains curriculum, which spans math and English with abacus and coding as enrichment.

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