Quran classes for kids in Howard County
Live one-on-one classes online for families from Marriottsville to North Laurel. While some masjid programs are full for the year, your child can start reading with their own teacher this week.
Free first class. $100 a month after that, and $75 for each sibling.
Howard County at a glance
- Who
- Children 4 to 14 anywhere in the county, from first Qaida letters to Juz Amma.
- Format
- Two 30-minute one-on-one classes a week on Zoom, with one teacher per family.
- School days
- Most HCPSS elementary schools finish at 3:15 or 3:55 (2026-27), so late-afternoon and evening classes fit well.
- Eid
- HCPSS closes for students on March 9, 2027 for Eid al-Fitr; Eid al-Adha falls on a weekend.
- Teachers
- Male or female, your choice. Every teacher passes a background check.
- Cost
- $100 a month for one child, $75 per sibling, first class free.
Find your Howard County town
Every town page names the masjids and Quran programs closest to you and the ZIP codes we cover.
- ColumbiaTen villages, two MFC masjids (one closed for building work) and a maktab waitlist.
- Ellicott CityThe county seat, with onsite maktabs four evenings a week and full-time hifz.
- ClarksvilleNo masjid of its own; Dar Al-Taqwa is a few miles east on Route 108.
- ElkridgeA full-time Islamic school, but no masjid for public-school families.
- North LaurelFriday prayer at the community center, the masjid across the river.
- FultonMaple Lawn and the Flash line, five miles from the nearest masjid.
- SavageClosest to MFC Gateway, whose maktab is full this year.
- MarriottsvilleMaryum Islamic Center and a ZIP code spread over three counties.
Why online works in Howard County
Howard County had 332,317 residents at the 2020 census, up from 287,085 in 2010. It has no incorporated cities at all: Columbia and Ellicott City are census-designated places, and most addresses belong to a community rather than a town hall.
Its Muslim families are served by masjids from Marriottsville to Columbia Gateway, and demand is high. The Muslim Family Center's maktab, for one, closed registration for 2026-27 and keeps a waitlist. Online one-on-one classes don't need a seat in a classroom, so your child can start now and still take a masjid place when one opens.
Eid and the HCPSS calendar
The 2026-27 HCPSS calendar closes schools for students on Tuesday, March 9, 2027, and names the day: Eid al-Fitr, subject to moon sighting. Staff still work that day. Eid al-Adha in 2027 falls on Saturday and Sunday, May 15 and 16, so no school day is involved.
Most elementary schools run from 8:45 to 3:15 or 9:25 to 3:55, middle schools from 7:50 to 2:35 or 8:30 to 3:15, and every high school from 7:50 to 2:35. A class at 4:30 or 5 leaves time to get home and eat first.
Howard County parents ask
Do you teach in person anywhere in Howard County?
No, every class is online. That's how we can teach Marriottsville, Columbia and North Laurel with the same teachers and the same price.
Our masjid's program is full. Can we start with you while we wait?
Yes. Some Howard County programs, like the MFC maktab this year, fill up and keep a waitlist. Start with us now and decide what to do when a place opens.
Do classes stop for Eid?
Let your teacher know at least a day ahead and the class is made up on another day, the same as any class you need to miss.
Which Howard County towns do you serve?
All of them. The town pages above cover the places families ask about most; Highland, Glenwood, Woodbine and everywhere else in the county work the same way.
What if HCPSS homework is heavy on class nights?
Classes are only 30 minutes, so most children manage both. You choose the two evenings with your teacher and can move a class with 24 hours' notice.