Impact Showcase | May 4, 5:00–6:30 pm · Ryan James Gallery, Kirkland
In Bellevue, 78% of students from non-low-income families meet basic math standards. For students from low-income families, that number drops to 28%. That gap is not new — it has barely moved in three decades.
In 2020, The Math Agency was founded with one clear belief: this is a solvable problem, and the research already tells us how.
The model is grounded in evidence — high-intensity tutoring, small group coaching, and strong summer learning programs. Coaches work with three to four students at a time, three days a week, building the kind of focused, consistent relationships that actually move the needle. Family engagement is woven in because what happens at home matters as much as what happens in the session.
The data backs it up. In Bellevue, students in The Math Agency’s programs went from learning 0.6 grade levels per year in math to 1.5. In 2024–25, across nine cohorts, they averaged 165% of expected growth — and every single cohort outperformed their classmates.
The summer months matter too. Without intervention, students lose an average of 0.25 grade levels of learning over the summer. The Math Agency’s summer programs reverse that slide — students gain rather than lose ground, returning to school ahead instead of behind.
Across the school-cohorts they have worked with over the last two years, data from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction shows the percent of students meeting math standards has increased by 14% to 45%. These are not small movements — they represent real kids catching up, staying up, and moving forward.
The Math Agency believes this model can work in every school district — and that access to high-quality academic support should be available to every student.
The numbers don’t just measure the problem — they prove the solution.