MagicSchool is a US-based AI platform built specifically for K-12 educators, founded in 2023 by Adeel Khan in Denver, Colorado. Khan spent his career as a teacher and principal and was the founding director of a nationally recognized charter school before launching MagicSchool to address teacher burnout and free educators from administrative load. The company's mission is to save teachers eight or more hours per week so they can focus on students.
The platform offers 80+ purpose-built AI tools for educators — including lesson planning, rubric generation, IEP drafting, parent communication translation, differentiated worksheet creation, text leveling, and report-card comment writing — alongside MagicStudent, a safe AI tutoring environment for students with teacher-controlled guardrails. Districts get an admin dashboard, professional development resources, SSO via Google and Microsoft, and rostering via Clever and ClassLink.
MagicSchool raised a $45M Series B in January 2025 led by Valor Equity Partners with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Atreides Management, and Smash Capital, valuing the company at approximately $431M. The round followed a $15M Series A in 2024 and brings total funding to roughly $65.3M. The platform has grown to over 6 million educators signed up across thousands of districts in 150+ countries, making it one of the fastest-growing edtech platforms ever measured.
Pricing includes a generous Free plan for individual teachers with access to most tools, a Plus plan for individuals around $99.96/year, and district-wide Enterprise plans priced per teacher with admin controls, custom training, and integrations. Khan was named Colorado Entrepreneur of 2025 by ColoradoBiz Magazine.
MagicSchool differentiates from horizontal AI tools like ChatGPT by being purpose-built for the realities of K-12 teaching — age-appropriate content, FERPA and COPPA compliance, district admin governance, and pedagogically grounded outputs vetted by practicing teachers. Competitors include Brisk Teaching, Curipod, Diffit, and Khan Academy's Khanmigo.