Teachout is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Bud Teachout (1904–1985), pitcher in Major League Baseball Kristina Teachout (born 2005), American taekwondo athlete Terry Teachout (1956–2022), American critic, biographer, librettist, author, playwright, and blogger Zephyr Teachout (born 1971), American academic and political activist

See also Teachout Building, Des Moines, Iowa, United States Teach-out, an arrangement for allowing students to complete their course of study when a school closes down