Find & Compare Driving Schools in Your Area!

Driving schools teach people to drive and prepare them for the permit and road tests: classroom or online driver education for teens, behind-the-wheel lessons in a dual-control car, adult beginner lessons, refresher courses for nervous or returning drivers, defensive driving courses that dismiss a ticket or earn an insurance discount, and commercial license training. Families come to this page because a teenager just got a permit, or an adult never learned.

Most states license driving schools and certify their instructors through the motor vehicle agency, so ask for the school license number and confirm the course satisfies your state’s requirements for a teen license or a ticket dismissal before paying, since not every course does. Ask whether cars have dual controls and current insurance, whether lessons are one-on-one, how many behind-the-wheel hours are included, where pickup happens, and whether the school can administer the road test itself or only prepare you for it. Pricing is per package for teen programs and per hour for individual lessons. Driving schools sit alongside tutors and test prep centers in this section for families with teenagers.

The driving schools on this page submitted their own listings, and a person reviewed each before publication. If you teach people to drive, apply to get listed — free, and a few minutes to fill in.