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Kumon has a rating of 1.5 stars from 84 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Kumon most frequently mention grade level, and mental health problems. Kumon ranks 510th among Tutor sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Awesome Garden City Kumon”

Serena L.
2/5/23

I'm very grateful to both amazing Kumon teachers (Ms. Lydia Wong & Mr. Keith Wong) and the staffs at Garden City Kumon. My kids have been successful and passionate in Mathematics because of the teaching, guidance & the support they get from Garden City Kumon. I'm so pleased of what my boys are doing at Kumon. They're not only learning math beyond their grade levels, but also building up their confidence, independence & accountability. Thank you for shaping my boys' characters along the way! Years well spent in Kumon. I would highly recommend Kumon to all parents to build a strong & solid foundation for your children's academic development. A big thank you to Lydia & Keith for sharing your talent and continuous hard work to teach the younger generations. You guys are awesome and our children's role models :)

Top Critical Review

“Mental and physical health worsened”

Brian S.
9/12/24

Which kumon excessive amount of homework, you could loose exercise, time with family and friends, and outside. Also, Kumon may cause children to be involved in a conflict with a parent. Kumon is also very expensive. The teachers only rely on answer books to help students, giving no info why that is the correct answer. The homework can cause children to have no time in finishing school homework, causing grades to worsen.

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Thumbnail of user chandab26
California
1 review
19 helpful votes
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June 27th, 2023

I don't like Kumon because it's like homework on the weekends and weekdays I just don't like it because they yell at kids when I was at Kumon and other kids were tortured honestly it did not really help me that much it puts me more anxiety and low confidence. 0/10 I won't recommend

Thumbnail of user stevenc2127
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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August 28th, 2022

Kumon had been great and helpful program. My kids used to go to Kumon after school or sometime weekends to study for their school works. However, I found out about this online tutoring website for kids called Beestar from some friends of mine and surprisingly, it worked well for my kids. The fact that it is free and fully online, I've saved a lot of money and could spend more time with my kids and help them with their study.

Thumbnail of user nj671548
Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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June 28th, 2023

My child came in for an assessment, only to be turned away and the instructor bluntly told me they did not want to work one on one with my child. We left and will not be considering or recommending Kumon to any friends or relatives.

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Thumbnail of user irines2
Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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October 11th, 2023

I went to Kumon since yr 2 and stopped in yr 5 and let me tell you it was a living hell. The tutors were not helpful and did nothing, it was the same things over and over again, and there were mountains of homework.

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Thumbnail of user allyu3
Philippines
1 review
5 helpful votes
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December 17th, 2022

I would give it 4/5 but it got into my life too much like how am I supposed to enjoy the holiday. I get that I could just completely erase the gaming part of my routine but that's just going to make the entire day boring. More stress than it's really worth tbh

Thumbnail of user hebaefat06
Canada
1 review
10 helpful votes
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September 13th, 2023

Worest experience ever
First of all they refuse to teach my kid grade 10 according to her school curriculum and said that they follow their arranged structure, well but my kids has exam soon,
Help her to do well at the Exam
You can be flexible with your schedule and structure to support her so she can do well at her exam. They REFUSE as well
Worst experiences ever.,,, what is the benefit of going to Kumon if they will teach her after she go for her exam ….when I asked to withdraw my kids and asked for refund they refuse to do that
1 week after registration.

Secondly, they said free assessment and once you sign up your child they charge you 80$ registration fee plus 30$ material despite they use their I pad, no material will be given …
Totally non sense
Really So bad experience. Unpleasant one

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Awful experience, DID NOT RECOMMEND IT

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Bridgewater location , Winnipeg

Thumbnail of user aubreyp49
California
1 review
13 helpful votes
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October 11th, 2023

Kumon is horrible they don't care about your Mental health. They give you over 15 pages of math or reading. They give you homework everyday with over 15 pages. The teachers don't help they just give you a packet and expect you to know everything if you need help you to go up and ask you but what if your an introverted person like me. It's horrible, if you actually like your kids then avoid Kumon

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Thumbnail of user christophers2687
Maryland
1 review
4 helpful votes
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December 1st, 2022

Read the termination requirements carefully as they will send you directly to collections and then to credit report without notification. Attempted to dispute with collection agency as requested, as Kumon NEVER even called me, and without a single response to my dispute I took a hit to my credit rating. Draconian practice and ruthless money grabbers. Foretold is forewarned.

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Their system works...but so does torture. Perfect place to make your kids HATE education; repetitive and boring.

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Thumbnail of user andreas266
TW
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
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April 15th, 2019

The kids did not like the drill questions. I completely understand it is to help students with learning the basic skills and to have it memorized by heart but the whole system is just too exhausting for the kids. We use other online programs and so far Beestar has done a great job for the kids.

Thumbnail of user jadent12
Hong Kong
1 review
12 helpful votes
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September 23rd, 2022

In my opinion, it is just so depressing to go there. The homework is just bad. They make you remember the anwser for each worksheet. As a result, you do not learn anything at all. I do not recommend other people to go there because it wastes time and money.

Thumbnail of user gs665
Maryland
1 review
11 helpful votes
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January 17th, 2023

I am a sophomore in highschool and I have completed up to level M in kumon mathematics. Unfortunately, I STRONGLY do not recommend this program. First of all, students focus on the same subject for 200 pages (which is 1 level). The reason this is bad is because it takes a long time to complete one level and if students are focusing on the same thing, it takes them a very long time to move on to different subjects. You might be thinking "well they are just trying to get you to know the subject," but kumon basically just takes the same 35 questions and repeats them. Second reason is that it is VERY expensive. For worksheets that are not that effective, they make you pay a lot! So in my opinion, I would recommend other programs because this one is not good at all!

Thumbnail of user josephb3050
Georgia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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June 16th, 2023

They expect you to now the the work with no help and made me re think my life decisions and made me regret all the times I said my normal school was bad in Kumon if you talk you get in trouble but in a normal school you can talk on a regular base and you leave when you are done with it then you can leave henry if you see this please try to let them have a reward when they are done or let them talk so they can make some friends and so you get more customers to make more money and for the good of the kid also in a kid writing this.

Thumbnail of user muhammadshahirkashif
Michigan
1 review
7 helpful votes
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July 30th, 2023

Kumon is hell for children they give you to much work and makes you cry it is the worst place ever I don't even know how it is still up it is the worst the people who work there don't even help there's so many kids that hate it actually all the kids

Thumbnail of user liamf72
Georgia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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July 1st, 2023

As a student at Kumon I can't say first hand that it is not worth it. Not worth your money or your kids time. I am learning at a fourth grade level at Kumon but at ivy math (different tutoring place) I was learning on a middle school level. Overall don't waste your money on Kumon.

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Thumbnail of user vaishnavip5
Oregon
1 review
7 helpful votes
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February 14th, 2023

Overall it's just stupid, I'm currently in it right now, and ever since I started it my mental health has been going downhill, it's just so stressful, and their methods are $#*!, I continuously have to juggle kumon and school at the same time, and their packets don't help me at all at school, and its just a big waste of money, so do not enroll in it.

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Thumbnail of user chloeh152
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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March 31st, 2023

I sent my daughter to the one on kelior road she said that the people there were rude to her and that the employees there got mad at her for every single thing she did wrong and thats not very nice for a child to go through that do better

Thumbnail of user jetsonh
Texas
1 review
20 helpful votes
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June 17th, 2023

I would never do this in my life, this place is like hell. I hate one of the teachers name asmita, she's the worst and doesn't help me at all and she's always takes my phone when i don't have it, she takes my phone away but not others when they have it out, it's bull$#*!, the whole place is bull$#*!, this doesn't help me with school, or help me to look stupid, the checkers r not doing their job, it take like 30 min long to check it, so i leave the place

Thumbnail of user moom1
Tennessee
1 review
28 helpful votes
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November 4th, 2021

It's ridiculous don't waste your time. They put you at a lower level than what you go in for and don't help at all. I resorted to just cheating on my homework because it was so repetitive. Everytime I got close enough to pass a level they sent me back down to the 20s to restart. Thankfully band got in the way and I couldn't go anymore.

Thumbnail of user neetas
Canada
1 review
27 helpful votes
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October 29th, 2013

My experience with Kumon has been bad. I enrolled by 7th grader in Kumon. It's a year now that the instructor is repeating him in 2nd grade level work. I have realized that many other parents have similar experience. Kumon us a rip-off scam. They make your child look dumb so that they can keep repeating the child and keep charging you. My advice is to beware of Kumon. It's a scam run by Asians

Thumbnail of user jeffk57
Pennsylvania
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28 helpful votes
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December 9th, 2023

Parents - if you WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO LEARN, give them an ACTUAL LEARNING PLATFORM like IXL, ALEKS, etc.

Kumon is just incredibly boring, repetitive worksheets (4+3,4+4,4+5, etc) for ENDLESS WEEKS - instead of ACTUAL INSTRUCTION and ASSESSMENT.

Kumon's "instructors" are NOT TRAINED EDUCATORS. They simply buy a franchise license, hire teenagers to help and RUN A BUSINESS.

You will get MUCH MORE for your kids with one of the proper online platforms like IXL, ALEKS, etc.

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No value at all. Students (6th grade!) are simply forced to do the same repetitive single digit addition for ENDLESS WEEKS while taking YOUR MONEY. There is NO INSTRUCTION.

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Thumbnail of user ranilyae
Georgia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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September 5th, 2023

I go to Kumon in Newnan. The teachers are kind, but there are too many homeworks and schoolworks. I have a lot of homework for school, but I don't have time for them. If I accidentally forget to do my homework, they tell me to finish it. I hate how they correct the answers.

Thumbnail of user applecharming5
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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March 11th, 2024

Sucks so bad like oh my gosh worst thing ever business should shut down forever. I wish the who thing closed I HATE YOU KUMON

Thumbnail of user mensahabi358
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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August 6th, 2023

I will highly recommend Miss Samy of Bargate Kumon Centre in Grimsby for her gentle yet firm and caring attitude to impacting knowledge to my son Jayson and this has helped him improve so much in his maths and English. Thank you for all the hard work.

Thumbnail of user andya287
New Zealand
1 review
19 helpful votes
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April 20th, 2023

I was just a normal kid. Until Kumon came along and made it torture. Everyday I'd be doing math above my level. I'd cry when no one looks so I can deal with it and when I try to take a stand no one listens. The tutors barely helped out and when I go into the center to this day, I see at least 2 kids crying in one session. But that's not the worsr part. The worst part is that they give SCHOOL HOLIDAY HOMEWORK. Giving homework in the holidays removes the entire point of having one! Not to mention since most people I speak to this about have busy holidays so we don't have time to do the homework and then when Kumon finds out it's a big deal. WELL NO! WE HAVE OUR OWN LIVES THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR HOLIDAYS SHOULD BE HAPPY RESTFUL AND FUN. NOT MISERABLE. THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I CRY TO KUMON MAKES ME WANT TO BLEED OUT AND BREAK MY ENTIRE SHOULDER. It may help my grades, but it ruins my mental health.

1 star. I wish I could give negative.

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$#*! you kumon. My life is ruined because of you.

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Everything. I hate it

Thumbnail of user deel197
Philippines
1 review
12 helpful votes
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November 6th, 2022

My mom enrolled me in Kumon in the 2nd Grade, because I was slow at math. It was ok at first, but slowly, it started getting worse and worse. When I was having difficulty, instead of helping me, my teachers shouted at me. And instead of helping me learn the lesson when I was having a hard time, they just made me do the entire worksheet over again. Kumon also assigns homeworks every day, so when you were on vacation, you couldn't even relax. On top of all that, it was hard to balance Kumon homeworks and school assignments. So either I wouldn't do my Kumon worksheets, or I would do my Kumon worksheets but my school assignments would be past due. Overall, I $#*!ing hated it.

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