Tutoring in Lubbock, Texas
Kolu is software. Nobody from Kolu will drive to your house in Lubbock, and we have no office there. If you want a person, this page says how we would look for one. If the question is which skill is missing, we can help with that part.
Lubbock ISD covers the older, central part of the city, including the neighborhoods around Texas Tech. The growth to the west and southwest belongs to Frenship ISD, which is based in Wolfforth, and the south side is in Lubbock-Cooper ISD. Smaller districts such as Roosevelt, Idalou, Shallowater and New Deal touch the edges. Within Lubbock ISD, the Talkington School for Young Women Leaders is a magnet campus for girls that takes its own application, separate from the zoned middle and high schools.
State tests Lubbock students take
| Grade | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and writing | STAAR | STAAR | STAAR | STAAR | STAAR | STAAR | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested |
| Math | STAAR | STAAR | STAAR | STAAR | STAAR | STAAR | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested |
| Science | Not tested | Not tested | STAAR | Not tested | Not tested | STAAR | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested |
- STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness): reading and writing, math, grades 3 through 8
- STAAR: science, grades 5 and 8
The English II exam stops being a graduation requirement for students who graduate after August 31, 2027, but anyone enrolled in English II during 2026-27 still has to sit it. Every end-of-course exam is offered again in December and June, so a student who misses the passing mark in April has two more dates before the next school year.
Testing dates and graduation rules for the whole state are on a separate page. Texas guide
Kolu finds the missing skill and goes back to it
It starts with a skill check, a short test that gets harder or easier depending on the last answer. The result is a map of the subject broken into skills with their prerequisites drawn in, each one marked as solid, still being learned, or a gap.
After that, each session is a handful of activities picked for that student, usually something due for review, a gap to repair and one new skill. When an answer is wrong, Kolu looks at which earlier skill the mistake points to and goes back to it. Here is what that looks like for a sixth grader who can't divide fractions.
The problem on the page
3/4 ÷ 2/5
Dividing fractions
Grade 6
Multiplying fractions
Grade 5 · rests on the one below
Equivalent fractions
Grade 4 · usually where it started
Multiplication facts
Grade 3
Kolu does not call a skill mastered after one right answer. That takes correct work on different kinds of problems on different days, and a skill that fades gets brought back.
Kolu is not test prep for STAAR. It has no bank of released questions. It teaches the skills the test draws on, and it will not do tonight's homework.
It runs in a browser, so it works the same in Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou, Slaton and Ransom Canyon as it does in Lubbock.
When to hire a person instead
Some students need a person, and software is the wrong purchase for them. That includes a child who shuts down when the work gets hard, a student with a learning disability who needs someone trained in it, and anyone with an exam in ten days.
In Lubbock, ask the school first. Teachers know who tutors, and a counselor at Lubbock ISD can tell you what the district already offers at no cost. After that, try students at Texas Tech University, Lubbock Christian University or South Plains College, who took these courses recently and usually charge less than an agency.
Whoever you hire, ask one question before the first session: how will you find out what my child doesn't know? If the answer is that they will go over the homework, keep looking.
Free for one subject, $15 a month for 5
Kolu is free for one subject at a time, with one full skill check every 30 days and up to 4 sessions a day. Plus is $15 a month, or $120 for a year, and covers 5 subjects at once with unlimited skill checks. A learner under 13 needs a parent or guardian to set up the account.