Medford Elementary Students Win $25,000 Tech Grant

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 -- 8:00 AM

(Sean White, WSAW) Students from Medford Elementary School are celebrating after using their math skills to win a $25,000 tech grant for their school.

According to Sean White with WSAW, Medford students competed against more than 4.2 million students from 70,000 schools to claim second place overall in the Prodigy National Cup, the world’s biggest math competition.

Students from Medford Elementary School correctly answered almost 700,000 standards-aligned math questions during the inaugural National Cup finals.

Since January, students collectively answered 625 million math questions correctly on Prodigy’s free-to-use online math platform, with the contest culminating in a two-week final in May.

Principal Dan Miller said he was extremely proud of his school’s display. “We were very fortunate to have been a part of the Prodigy National Cup. It led to some great excitement about math, which is at times tough to get this close to the end of the year,” he said.

“Not only are we excited about some truly game-changing prize money for our school, more importantly, I appreciated how this event helped motivate and inspire our staff and students to dig in as we wrap up this school year. We have had a ton of fun learning math this spring thanks to the National Cup.”

Scott Woller, a 3rd grade teacher at Medford Elementary, has incorporated Prodigy Math into his daily lessons for a while and said the contest took student motivation to the next level.

“Thanks to the Prodigy National Cup, there’s no doubt that millions of kids across the country have become better at math,” he said. “Motivation is key to student success, and Prodigy has always been great at getting my kids excited about math. I’m so proud of their accomplishment. They are all math champions in my eyes, and to finish so high out of 70,000 schools is really astonishing.”

From January through April, schools competed in regional contests for the title of monthly State Champion, with results dictating which tier they would be placed in for the National Cup finals in May. The full list of winners in each tier can be found here.

The first-place school won a $100,000 technology grant, gift cards for pizza parties, and more. The Pennsylvania-based elementary school answered over 720,000 questions correctly.

Medford Elementary wins a $25,000 technology grant, gift cards for pizza parties, merchandise, an in-game reward for each student participant, and printable certificates to recognize student achievements for answering over 698,000 questions correctly.

“Medford Elementary School should be incredibly proud of this achievement,” Alex Peters, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Prodigy Education, said. “At Prodigy, our mission has always been to ignite a love of learning - and it’s been incredibly rewarding to see how the National Cup inspired students and teachers to come together, embrace a growth mindset, and turn math practice into something truly fun and exciting.”

Visit www.prodigygame.com to learn more.

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