Medford Elementary Wins Mythical Tier of the Prodigy National Cup: Will Receive $50,000 Technology Grant

Thursday, May 28th, 2026 -- 8:01 AM

(Larry Anderson, WAOW) Medford Area Elementary School won the Mythical Tier of the Prodigy National Cup and a $50,000 technology grant after students correctly answered more than 1.1 million math questions.

According to Larry Anderson with WAOW, students answered 1,117,847 math questions correctly on game-based learning platform Prodigy Math to finish first in their tier in the national finals held over a two-week period in May.

The school was competing against hundreds of other schools in their tier. Each school had qualified for the National Cup finals through monthly Prodigy State Challenges held during the 2025-26 school year.

More than six million students took part. Scott Woller, a third-grade teacher at Medford, said it was a case of "unfinished business" after the school narrowly finished as runners-up in the national contest the previous year.

"Our whole theme this year was 'together as one, we'll get this done,'" Woller said. "We pushed the winners all the way last year, and this time we were determined to get the top spot."

"We had lots of students who were hugely motivated to go one better after last year. They really brought their A-games and showed that even a smaller school like Medford can accomplish amazing things when we pull together. We hope this win inspires others."

Woller even wrote and produced a rock song of the same name to pump up students. Fellow third-grade teacher Kari Patton said the competition created excitement and motivation among students.

"On the first day we pretty much had kids ready to break down the door because they couldn't wait to get started," Patton said. "Three of our students alone answered more than 20,000 questions each during the finals, continuing to answer questions even after school ended. We're so proud of them all."

The school plans to hold an official celebration at the start of the new school year. A final decision still needs to be made on how the prize money will be spent to improve technology at the school. Alex Peters, co-CEO of Prodigy Education, said the achievement was incredible.

"It's been so rewarding to see how the competition brought entire school communities together around math," Peters said. "Stories like this one are exactly why we built Prodigy - to motivate students to truly love learning."

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