In the IT world, predicting the academic performance of the huge student population poses a big challenge. Educational data mining techniques significantly contribute in providing solution to this problem. There are several prediction methods available for data classification and clustering,
to extract information and provide accurate results. In this paper, different prediction methodologies are highlighted for the prediction of real-time data analysis of dynamic academic behavior of the students. The main focus is to provide brief knowledge about all data mining techniques and
highlight dissimilarities among various methods in order to provide the best results for the students.