UPDATE: Jul. 12, 2022, 7:26 a.m. EDT This story has been updated with the latest Prime Day deals on back-to-school supplies.
BEST BACKPACK DEAL: The stylish and durable JanSport Cortlandt 15-inch Laptop Backpack(opens in a new tab) has never been this cheap before — $34.94 $55 (save 36%)
BEST LAPTOP DEAL: Last year's Samsung Chromebook 4(opens in a new tab) is a lightweight laptop with built-in virus protection and 32GB of storage. It's only $9 away from its all-time low price — $127.90 $229.99 (save 44%)
BEST DEAL ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES: It's cheaper to buy a 12-pack of Mead Wide Ruled Spiral Notebooks (1 subject)(opens in a new tab) on Amazon than from Mead directly — $21.49 $33 (save 35%)
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Looking for some decent deals on back-to-school essentials this Prime Day? You're going to have to do some digging.
While Amazon has a ton of pens, pencils, folders, notebooks, and binders listed "on sale" for its annual two-day savings event (which is happening July 12 and 13 this year), data we examined on the price-tracking site camelcamelcamel(opens in a new tab) revealed that most of them were actually still hovering around their historical averages. Kind of surprising, considering there are some legitimately good deals across most of its other departments.
Take this Crayola marker set(opens in a new tab) , for example: It looks like a good deal at $15.97 since Amazon's pegged its MSRP at $23.98. But if you plug its URL into camelcamelcamel(opens in a new tab) , you'll see that it's previously sold for an average of $15.33. Not such a good deal after all.
You might have better luck overall at Target(opens in a new tab) and Walmart(opens in a new tab) , which both recently kicked off some back-to-school savings events. But for those of us who want to take full advantage of that $139/year Prime membership fee, there are still some diamonds in the metaphorical rough.
Keep reading for an overview of the best Prime Day back-to-school deals that we managed to scrounge up on Amazon.
Note: We're updating this page constantly, so check back often. All newly added deals are marked with a ✨, while deals with a strikeout were either sold out or no longer available at their sale price when we last looked. Anything marked with a 🔥 has dropped to an all-time low price.
Highly functional but still stylish (peep the vegan leather trim), JanSport's top-rated(opens in a new tab) Cortlandt backpack includes a decent amount of storage: There's a main compartment with a padded sleeve that can fit a 15-inch laptop, a front accessory pocket, and a secondary flap pocket with an organizer for cords and small electronics.
The Viking Red one is sitting at an all-time low price this Prime Day: You can grab it off Amazon for just $34.94, which is 36% off its suggested retail price of $55.
Champion Manuscript Backpack(opens in a new tab) — $21.99 $40 (save 45%)
adidas Originals Trefoil 2.0 Backpack(opens in a new tab) — $34.26 $45 (save 24%) 🔥
adidas Prime Backpack(opens in a new tab) — $48.75 $65 (save 25%) 🔥
Carhartt Force Pro 35L Backpack(opens in a new tab) — $79.19 $119.99 (save 31%) 🔥
As some of the most secure devices on the market, Chromebooks make great starter laptops for kids. This well-reviewed(opens in a new tab) Samsung model from 2021 isn't anything fancy, but its 12.5-hour battery life, 32GB of storage, military-grade durability, and some built-in virus protection will serve grade- and middle-schoolers quite well. It also weighs in at only 2.6 pounds, so little arms won't have trouble hauling it around.
Order one through Amazon for only $127.90 — that's 44% off its $229.99 MSRP and just $9 away from its all-time low price from May.
Renewed Samsung Chromebook 3 (Intel Celeron N3060, 4GB RAM, 16GB eMMC)(opens in a new tab) — $83.48 $189.99 (save 56%)
ASUS Laptop L210 (Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) with 1 year of Office 365 Personal(opens in a new tab) — $153.60 $239.99 (save 36%) 🔥 ✨
HP 14 Laptop (Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC)(opens in a new tab) — $203 $259.99 (save 22%) 🔥
Acer Chromebook 314 (Intel Celeron N4000, 4GB LPDDR4, 64GB eMMC)(opens in a new tab) — $228 $309.99 (save 26%) 🔥 ✨
Acer Aspire 5 (Intel Core i3-1115G4, 4GB DDR4, 128GB NVMe SSD)(opens in a new tab) — $289.99 $389.99 (save 26%)
ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 (Intel Core M3-8100Y, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC)(opens in a new tab) — $389.73 $569.99 (save 32%) 🔥
Acer Aspire 5 (Intel Core i5-1135G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD)(opens in a new tab) — $549.99 $649.99 (save 15%) 🔥
Mead sells a 12-pack of wide-ruled, one-subject spiral notebooks for $33 on its website(opens in a new tab) , but Amazon will give 'em to you for just $21.49 — a 35% savings.
Crayola Construction Paper, 96 sheets(opens in a new tab) — $2.46 $4.29 (save 43%)
Elmers Liquid School Glue (4 ounces), 12 Count(opens in a new tab) — $6.60 $32.59 (save 80%)
Paper Mate Profile Retractable Ballpoint Pens, Bold Point (1.4mm), Assorted, 12 Count(opens in a new tab) — $7.79 $12.49 (save 38%)
Elmer's Disappearing Purple School Glue Stick, 30 Pack(opens in a new tab) — $8.27 $25.29 (save 67%)
Amazon Basics Heavy Duty Plastic Folders, 12 Pack(opens in a new tab) — $12.71 $14.24 (save 11%)
Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator(opens in a new tab) — $99.34 $139.99 (save 29%)
Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator(opens in a new tab) — $118.01 $150 (save 21%)
A friendly reminder that anyone with an .edu email address can score a six-month trial of Amazon Prime Student, which unlocks Prime Day access, free two-day shipping, and several bonus offers in addition to standard Prime benefits. (That includes free Grubhub delivery, six months of LinkedIn Premium, three months of Calm Premium, two months of Kindle Unlimited, a month's worth of homework help from Course Hero, and discounts on flights and hotels from StudentUniverse.) Check out our guide on how to sign up.