The Scholars' Grove

What The Scholars' Grove does

The Scholars' Grove is a private, founder-owned tutoring company founded by Amy Noall, a school psychologist and educator with 20+ years of experience and degrees from Texas A&M University and California State University Northridge. The company delivers one-on-one, 45-minute personalized tutoring sessions across reading, writing, math, science, and foreign languages, with explicit specialization in evidence-based interventions for dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia. Service delivery is split between in-home tutoring across 15 cities in California, Utah, and Arizona, and online tutoring available worldwide via video.

Its core product surface spans subject-specific tutoring, academic evaluations/testing, therapies for specialized learning needs, and a B2B School Partnership Services offering that supplies credentialed intervention specialists to schools struggling with MTSS and RTI3 mandates. Tutoring is supported by TutorBird (client portal, scheduling, payments) and ThriveCart (registration fee processing); there is no proprietary platform, mobile app, or AI-driven engine. Distribution is hybrid: D2C through the website, Calendly free-consultation booking, and phone/text intake, layered with authorized-vendor channel partnerships with 14+ charter schools and ESA programs (including Heartland, Monarch River, Yosemite Valley, Blue Ridge, Utah Fits All, Arizona Empowerment Scholarship, Step Up For Students/Gardiner, and Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative).

Revenue is generated through quote-based per-session tutoring fees, a one-time registration fee, and either direct parent payment or third-party funding via ESA/scholarship programs. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and consumer payment processing is handled through ThriveCart. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed funding, no parent organization, and no management team beyond the founder. A founder-authored children's book ("Bumps") is offered as a sub-brand but is not a material commercial line.

Name

The Scholars' Grove

Legal name

The Scholars' Grove

Website

https://thescholarsgrove.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Scholars' Grove is a founder-owned tutoring company delivering one-on-one personalized sessions in reading, math, writing, science, and languages — including specialized dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia interventions — via in-home tutoring across 15 cities in California, Utah, and Arizona and online tutoring worldwide, with billing either direct-to-parent or through authorized-vendor partnerships with charter schools and ESA programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Tutoring Services

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Dyslexia & Structured Literacy (Orton-Gillingham) Tutoring (EDANAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Structured Literacy / Orton-Gillingham Intervention Services (EDAKAJAC), Literacy & Reading Intervention (Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension) (EDAKADAA), Literacy & Numeracy Intervention (Reading/Math Support) (EDAJALAD)

Keywords

• Academic tutoring services
• Reading intervention programs
• In-home tutoring services
• Online tutoring sessions
• Specialized learning support

Headquarters

HQ city

Bakersfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Tutoring Services: One-on-one tutoring sessions in reading, writing, math, sciences, and languages. Sessions are available in-home (California, Utah, Arizona) and online (worldwide). Revenue is generated through per-session or subscription-based tutoring fees, with families paying directly or through ESA/school voucher programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Scholars' Grove provides one-on-one personalized tutoring services delivered in-home or online, covering reading, writing, math, science, and world languages. The company specializes in evidence-based intervention programs for students with learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD, staffed by credentialed teachers. It also operates a School Partnership Services arm offering staffing, intervention, and professional development to schools and districts.

Product overview

The Scholars' Grove is a tutoring company providing personalized in-person and online academic instruction for students at all levels, including those with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia. The core offering consists of In-Home Tutoring (available across California, Utah, and Arizona) and Online Tutoring (worldwide), with subject-specific services including Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Languages tutoring. Additional offerings include Evaluations/Testing for academic assessment, Therapies for specialized learning needs, and School Partnership Services for institutional MTSS/RTI3 support. The company also publishes a children's book, 'Bumps,' written by the founder.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In-Home Tutoring
• Online Tutoring
• Reading Tutoring
• Writing Tutoring
• Math Tutoring
• Science Tutoring
• World Languages Tutoring
• Evaluations & Testing
• Therapies
• School Partnership Services
• Bumps (Children's Book)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over two years of growth in math in less than a year of tutoring
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Heartland Charter SchoolcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Heartland Charter School, providing tutoring services to their students through the school's programs.
• Monarch River AcademycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Monarch River Academy, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Yosemite Valley Charter SchoolcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Yosemite Valley Charter School, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Blue Ridge AcademycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Blue Ridge Academy, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Grow Public SchoolscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Grow Public Schools, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Valley Oaks Charter SchoolcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Valley Oaks Charter School, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Rosedale Union School DistrictcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Rosedale Union School District, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Peak Prep Pleasant ValleycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Peak Prep Pleasant Valley, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Utah Fits All ScholarshipcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Utah Fits All Scholarship, allowing families to use ESA funds for tutoring services.
• Arizona Empowerment ScholarshipcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Arizona Empowerment Scholarship, allowing families to use ESA funds for tutoring services.
• Step Up For Students (Gardiner Scholarship)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Gardiner Scholarship in Florida through Step Up For Students, allowing families to use scholarship funds for tutoring services.
• Northwest Indiana Special Education CooperativecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Paisley Distance Learning ProgramcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Paisley Distance Learning Program, providing tutoring services to their students.
• Wings to Soar Online AcademycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Scholars' Grove is an authorized vendor for Wings to Soar Online Academy, providing tutoring services to their students.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Huntington Learning Center: Huntington Learning Center is a multi-state tutoring franchise offering personalized academic instruction, test prep, and learning-differences support. Compares to The Scholars' Grove as a center/in-home hybrid tutoring operator with K-12 subject breadth plus learning-differences specialization.
• Kumon: Kumon operates the largest supplemental math and reading tutoring franchise network globally with a worksheet-based mastery method. Overlaps with The Scholars' Grove's core reading and math tutoring offerings for K-12, though differentiated by delivery model and curriculum method.
• Varsity Tutors: Varsity Tutors is a large online tutoring platform with broad K-12 subject coverage, including newer learning-differences offerings. Competes directly with The Scholars' Grove for online tutoring demand with significantly broader scale, group classes, and live-instruction products.
• Catapult Learning: Catapult Learning partners with schools and districts to deliver intervention, special education, and tutoring services. Directly comparable to The Scholars' Grove's B2B school-services motion targeting MTSS/RTI3 compliance and pre-special-education intervention.
• Reading Partners: Reading Partners is a national nonprofit providing one-on-one reading tutoring to K-12 students through school partnerships. Closely comparable to The Scholars' Grove's school-channel distribution and reading-intervention focus, though operating on a volunteer-supported nonprofit model.
• Sylvan Learning: Sylvan Learning is a national tutoring franchise offering personalized instruction in reading, math, writing, and increasingly learning-differences support. Wider portfolio than The Scholars' Grove but overlapping subject coverage and center-based delivery.

Direct peers

• Wilson Language Training: Wilson Language Training produces the Wilson Reading System and related structured-literacy (Orton-Gillingham-aligned) professional training and provider materials. Its network of trained tutors delivers intervention closely paralleling The Scholars' Grove's evidence-based dyslexia programs.
• Nessy Learning: Nessy provides structured-literacy software, online tutoring, and teacher training focused on dyslexia and learning differences through a network of learning centers. Direct overlap with The Scholars' Grove's specialty intervention positioning.
• Lexercise: Lexercise offers online, structured-literacy tutoring and therapy for dyslexia and related learning differences. Closely comparable to The Scholars' Grove's online dyslexia/dysgraphia/dyscalculia intervention niche, with the same direct-to-consumer parent motion.
• Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes: Lindamood-Bell provides one-on-one, research-validated instruction in reading, comprehension, and math using sensory-cognitive programs. Direct overlap with The Scholars' Grove's one-on-one 45-minute evidence-based literacy and learning-differences intervention delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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