Prodigy is a game-based learning platform with a mission to help every student love learning. It offers two games, Prodigy Math and Prodigy English, designed to deliver a high volume of adaptive, standards-aligned practice for students in grades 1-8 and 1-6, respectively at no cost to schools or districts.
The platform's adaptive algorithm personalizes content to each student's needs, ensuring they are appropriately challenged. For teachers, Prodigy provides tools to easily align in-game content with classroom instruction in under 30 seconds. The platform also includes a dashboard with real-time reports and data to help educators track student progress, inform instruction, and address learning gaps.
Prodigy is one of America’s most popular game-based learning tools. It is the zero-cost, game-based learning platform that makes math and English fun, adaptive, and insightful. Used by more than 1.1 million teachers and 20 million students during the past school year, Prodigy engages learners through two unique experiences in one product.
"Nothing comes close to Prodigy,” says Scott Reese, Director of Curriculum for Math & Science at Longwood Central School District in New York. “Free time and math time – students love it. It is competitive and enormously powerful.”
Prodigy: The Tool Students Actually Use
In Prodigy Math, students go on quests, meet magical characters, and collect pets—all while practicing standards-aligned math for 1st to 8th grades. In Prodigy English, students build and explore their own world, with progress tied to ELA skills for 1st-6th grades. As students play, learning is captured in a teacher dashboard, empowering educators to assign targeted content, monitor progress, and better meet student needs.
Prodigy’s zero-cost model is funded through optional parent memberships, allowing unrivaled free access while also protecting student privacy. Available on the web, iOS, and Android, Prodigy is the tool students actually ask to use.
Prodigy is used to provide students with a high volume of engaging, standards-aligned practice in math and English. Teachers can use the platform to create targeted assignments for a variety of purposes, such as morning work, quick checks, independent practice, and intervention. Prodigy is being used for Tier I practice, in addition to Tier II and Tier III intervention support.
Prodigy also helps educators monitor learning by providing real-time data on student progress, success, and areas for improvement, helping them close gaps faster. Prodigy also supports co-teachers and parent involvement, and offers accessibility features like digital manipulatives and a read-aloud function for diverse learners.
"I've seen a 45% increase in my standardized testing scores thanks to playing at least 25 minutes a day in Prodigy,” says Clayton Carr, a third-grade teacher in Indiana. “The bulk of their Prodigy time is in the morning when their mind is still fresh for learning and it also helps them get settled in for the rest of the day's learning.”
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Built For Real Classrooms
Prodigy's uniqueness lies in its combination of a "Motivation First!" philosophy with its focus on game-based learning, which drives high student engagement and addresses "Math Motivation and Engagement" as a core learning challenge.
Prodigy solves several key problems for educators and administrators by focusing on instructional coherence, teacher workload, and student engagement. For teachers, it provides a simple and motivating way to get students practicing standards-aligned content. With the ability to create assignments in under 30 seconds, it lightens the planning load and combats teacher burnout.
For administrators, Prodigy offers a solution that can measurably improve math outcomes and aligns with state academic standards. Certifications from Digital Promise and 1EdTech, and compliance with data privacy regulations (FERPA and COPPA), mean it can be adopted with confidence, addressing institutional trust and student data safety concerns.
This combination of no-cost access, proven results, and data security makes Prodigy a "safe, scalable, and built for real classrooms" tool that helps address educational equity.
