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Join the world's largest math competition!
Introducing: State Challenge, the biggest math competition on the planet! With over $1,000,000 in prizes available to be won, your school will compete against other schools in your state to learn math, level up, and claim incredible rewards.
Get started today!Watch the wins add up for your classroom
Skyrocket motivation
Get students super excited to expand their math skills as your school climbs their state leaderboard and earns exciting prizes throughout the year.
Enhance your lessons
Power up the math you’re already teaching. Any questions answered correctly count towards your school's total, including Assignments, Quick Quizzes, and even at home.
Boost school pride
Foster a sense of friendly competition between classrooms as each one strives to bring home math glory and a shot at state-wide recognition for your school.
Go for glory with The Prodigy National Cup
The higher a school's final ranking in each State Challenge, the more points are awarded towards our annual competition: The Prodigy National Cup!
At the end of the school year, the schools with the most points can win amazing prizes—as well as be crowned national math champion!
Platinum Tier (Top 25%) competes for a $100,000 technology grant.
Gold Tier (Top 50%*) competes for a $10,000 technology grant.
Silver Tier (Top 75%**) competes for a $5,000 technology grant.
Bronze Tier (76%***) competes for a school-wide pizza party.
*Excludes Platinum tier. **Excludes Platinum and Gold tier. ***Excludes all other tiers.
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Let the challenge begin!
Here are a few tips to help your school rack up the most points...
Connect your class
Sign into your Prodigy account (or create a free one if you’re new), and make sure all your students are attached to your class and your class is connected to your school. Not sure how? Watch this short video about connecting to your student’s Prodigy accounts.
Practice math in Prodigy
Incorporate Prodigy into your lessons so every correctly answered math question — including from quizzes, Assignments, at school, or at home — count towards your school's total.
Unite your school
Join forces with other classrooms to climb the leaderboard even higher! Invite other teachers at your school to use Prodigy, and don’t forget to connect each of your classes to your school. See how with this article about connecting to your school in Prodigy.
Collect monthly points
At the end of each month, points are awarded based on your leaderboard ranking. Where you land on your state's leaderboard will decide what prize you compete for in the Prodigy National Cup.
Reward student growth
With more than $1,000,000 in prizes available to be won — from pizza parties and in-game rewards to certificates of achievement, and more — every effort is celebrated. Plus the Prodigy National Cup Champions will earn the ultimate grand prize of a $100,000 technology grant, not to mention serious bragging rights!
Over $1,000,000 in prizes available to be won
500+ monthly winners
200+ pizza parties and 150,000+ Memberships throughout the year
$120,000 in tech grants for
National Cup runner-ups
$100,000 tech grant for Prodigy National Cup Platinum winner
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Prodigy State Challenge?
Welcome to the World’s Biggest Math Competition, with total prizes valued at more than $1 million available to be won!
Each month, schools from across the U.S. compete against others in their state to see how many math questions their students can answer correctly on Prodigy Math. There are incredible prizes up for grabs every month for the top schools in each state, building all the way up to the Prodigy National Cup and a chance to win the grand prize of a $100,000 school tech grant!
What prizes could schools win?
This isn’t called the world’s biggest math competition for nothing! There are total prizes valued at more than $1 million available to be won this school year—including a grand prize of a $100,000 tech grant for the platinum tier winner of the Prodigy National Cup! 😮
- Each month, the winning school in every state will win a pizza party, swag AND Prodigy Plus Memberships for participating students! The runner-up will receive swag and memberships, with others in the top 10 receiving Prodigy memberships.
- On top of this, each school is awarded qualifying points which count towards which tier they’ll be placed in for the final Prodigy National Cup contest in May - with the overall winner in our platinum tier earning a $100,000 tech grant.
For a full breakdown on prizing, as well as contest rules and terms and conditions, please click here.
How does the contest work?
Each month we’ll be hosting a State Challenge where schools will compete directly over which can answer the most math questions correctly with Prodigy in their region! How they perform during State Challenge also influences which tier they’ll be competing in for the Prodigy National Cup at the end of the school year, with even more incredible prizes up for grabs!
State Challenge
Each month, all questions answered correctly on Prodigy Math will count towards that month’s State Challenge total for their school.
- During the monthly contests, every correct answer by a student equals one point for that school. Teachers can track their school’s progress via a leaderboard, which is updated daily and can be found in their Prodigy Teacher Dashboard. The more classrooms and students participating, the more questions can be answered - increasing your school’s chances of winning a prize - so get recruiting!
- At the end of the month, the school with the most correct answers and points in their state becomes their State Champion for that period! Winning schools will then be contacted by Prodigy to coordinate prizes.
Prodigy National Cup
- At the conclusion of every monthly contest, and depending on their state ranking, schools will also receive points which count towards the Prodigy National Cup - our national-level contest with a grand prize of a $100,000 tech grant!
- A school’s points total from State Challenge will dictate which tier they are placed in for the Prodigy National Cup, with Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze prizes up for grabs.
- Platinum: Schools ranking in the top 25% of total points will compete for our grand prize of a $100,000 tech grant.
- Gold: Schools ranking 26-50% for total points will compete for a $10,000 tech grant.
- Silver: Schools ranking 51-75% for total points will compete for a $5,000 tech grant.
- Bronze: Schools ranking 76-100% for total points will compete for a school pizza party.
- From May 1 to May 14 2025, schools will then compete to answer as many questions correctly as possible, competing for the relevant prizes within their assigned tiers.
- Teachers can track their Prodigy National Cup ranking - including which tier they are currently tracking towards at any given moment - from within their Teacher Dashboard.
How do I enter?
All classrooms meeting the entry criteria are automatically opted in to Prodigy State Challenge and the Prodigy National Cup. This includes any classroom with an active teacher account, with other criteria including:
- Teachers should make sure their classroom is connected to a school that is listed in Prodigy’s database. Schools must be located in one of the 50 states or Washington D.C. to be eligible.
- If you do not see your school listed, you can make a request for it to be added from within your Prodigy Teacher Dashboard.
- Students must be connected to their teacher through Prodigy for question answers to count. Please review this support article for assistance.
- The classroom must also have had a student attached within the current school year. Old classrooms with the same students year-over-year will not be eligible.
- For further assistance in ensuring your classroom is set-up to be eligible, please contact our support team here.
Teachers also have the option to opt-out of the contest if they would prefer, and can do this from within their Teacher Dashboard. Opting out ensures any questions answered will not be counted towards the State Challenge.
Is there a cost to entering?
No! Like so much of Prodigy, State Challenge and the Prodigy National Cup cost nothing!
New to Prodigy?
Sign up for a free teacher account and get full access to heaps of helpful resources.
Educational content that’s curriculum-aligned and designed to keep students motivated to learn.
Adaptive algorithms that let each student learn at their own level so they stay engaged for the long run.
Customizable Assignments that help you test student comprehension or prepare for standardized testing.
Detailed reports that show how your students are progressing through a specific Assignment or topic.
Did you know...?
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