These Tutoring or Learning Centers are the winners of the 2025 Best of Bay Area Parent reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Brain-O-Magic. This enrichment program strives to improve students’ speed and accuracy in arithmetic and overall focus. Multiple locations. brainomagic.com.
Silver: Athens Debate. Multiple locations. athensdebate.com.
Peninsula
Gold: Workshop Education. Helps children discover their unique strengths and enjoy social connections through learning. After-school enrichment classes focus on lifelong education. Multiple locations. workshopeducation.org.
Silver: PlayThrive Whole Child Education. Redwood City. playthrive.org.
Bronze: AJ Tutoring. Multiple locations. ajtutoring.com.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Alexander Tutoring. Its method instills positive emotions toward math and physics and helps students become passionate problem-solvers. Multiple locations. alexandertutoring.com.
Silver: Sentence Center. San Francisco. sentencecenter.com.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Silver Creek Academy. This award-winning tutoring and academic achievement center provides challenging curriculum, credentialed teachers and low ratios. San Jose. scaasanjose.com.
Silver: Mathnasium. Los Gatos location. mathnasium.com/math-centers/campbell.
Bronze: Center For Developing Minds. Los Gatos. devminds.com.
