About Us

Our mission is to increase access to math support and enrichment for Teton County youth in grades K-12.

The Issues

Teton County, Wyoming suffers from a lack of equitable resources to support math education both in and out of the classroom.

1 - Yearly state WY-TOPP testing reveals that:

  • underserved TCSD students consistently underperform in math across all grade levels; and,

  • all students underperform in several grade levels compared to other large WY districts.

2 - TCSD and local non-profits have highlighted a critical gap in math support services at the elementary school level. Elementary math achievement strongly predicts later academic and career success, yet there are currently no free, math-focused afterschool offerings in Teton County.

3 - Options for high-performing and gifted students to accelerate and access math enrichment services are also limited, with no school-funded, formal support offered to rising 6th graders who have the first opportunity to accelerate. This disadvantages underserved students, decreasing their likelihood of later being placed in advanced and AP math classes in high school.

4 - Private, in-person math support for intervention, acceleration or enrichment is not accessible to many students, with market rates > $150/hr.

With public education funding constantly at risk, leveraging community systems and resources represents an effective method to address these significant needs.

View some of the data here.

Math education shapes our nation’s competitiveness, equity and prosperity - not just academic success.

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Our Goals

MATH SUPPORT AND ENRICHMENT FOR ALL

ROBUST ELEMENTARY PROGRAMMING

COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND MENTORSHIP

Our Approach

Elevate Math Wyoming aims to address the local need for additional math intervention support and enrichment by leveraging the skills of private math tutors, volunteers, mentors and a collaboration with the Teton County School District to provide effective and equitable math support both in and out of the classroom. We are currently fundraising to support the following proposed programming, with launch dates in October 2025:

  • 1-1 tutoring services for math intervention, acceleration and enrichment.

  • In-class skilled support in Teton County’s highest-needs middle and high school public math classrooms.

  • After-school, year-long, elementary group support to practice core math concepts with fun, interactive games.

  • Spring math intensive pilot programs to provide acceleration/enrichment to eligible elementary students and targeted intervention services prior to entering middle school.

  • Library of research-based math resources and supplies for all program tutors and collaborators.

  • Mentorship program pairing rising STEM stars with industry professionals.

Elevate Math Wyoming will offer all programming free of cost and use a weighted lottery process to prioritize students with the highest needs.

Learn more about our proposed programming, get involved or donate to our fundraising campaign.

View our complete, non-profit proposal HERE.

A 1984 study still widely cited today demonstrated that 1-on-1 tutoring instruction can generate learning gains of approximately two standard deviations when compared to regular classroom instruction.

The University of Chicago’s Education Lab reported that in-school tutoring programs in Chicago and Georgia improved math scores by about two-thirds of a year’s worth of learning.

The data.

The 2023/2024 WY-TOPP (Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress) math proficiency scores for the Teton County School District demonstrate a clear correlation between underserved populations and non proficient math scores across all grade levels.

Furthermore, less than 50% of the general student population scored proficient/advanced in math at the 6th and 9th grade levels.

2023/2024 TCSD Math proficiency scores ranked against other comparable Wyoming school districts indicate the entire TSCD student population is underperforming at several grade levels, especially 6th grade.

In 2023/2024, 32.5% of the student population at Teton County School District (TCSD) were hispanic, 26.1% came from low-income families, and 16.3% were active English Language learners.

The underserved population at TCSD represents a significant cohort of students who are underperforming in math and are least likely to afford private math support services. These students are also not on track to meet interim and 15-year performance goals at the middle and high school levels.

Jackson Hole High School:

Jackson Hole Middle School:

These factors all converge to lead to under-representation of underserved student groups in high school advanced and AP math classrooms. (Most recent data from civilrightsdata.ed.gov).

To contribute to our efforts, make a donation.

Elevate Math Wyoming was founded in February 2025 as a public benefit company. Our purpose is to support public math education in Teton County. Learn more about our leadership below.

Board of Directors

  • Amanda Moyer, MS - Board President and Founder

    Amanda earned dual BS degrees in Geology and Environmental Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a MS degree in Geochemistry from the University of Wyoming. Amanda has worked as a Geologist in the private and government sectors, as well as led the adult education program and served as an adjunct math instructor for Central Wyoming College - Jackson. She currently serves as Executive Director of the Old Wilson Schoolhouse (a nonprofit community center) and provides private math tutoring services to local K-12 and college students through her company Teton STEAM.

  • Rachael Karns, M.Ed. - Board Treasurer and Secretary

    Rachael earned a BA in Anthropology with a Certificate in African Studies from Smith College and a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado, Denver. With experience teaching Kindergarten through 5th grade in both public and private elementary schools, she has a deep understanding of early childhood and elementary education. As a curriculum developer for Discovery Education, she played a key role in designing Egypt’s national mathematics curriculum and scripting educational segments for Egyptian Public Television to support students and their families in learning mathematical concepts. Rachael currently serves as a K-5 Mathematics Specialist at Jackson Elementary School, where she leads multi-tiered systems of support to enhance math instruction and intervention.

  • Jeffrey Rosenbluth, PhD - Director

    Dr. Jeffrey Rosenbluth graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BSE in Computer Science, earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Courant Institute at NYU, and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a private investor and former Managing Director and head of Fixed Income Arbitrage at Salomon Brothers, Inc. Dr. Rosenbluth serves as an overseer of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a trustee of Harvey Mudd College and is a founding member of the nonprofit board of Math for America.