The 2026 National Report Card on State Efforts to Improve Financial Literacy in High Schools™ provides policymakers, practitioners and advocates with a clear picture of financial education efforts across the U.S. Over the past decade, the report has become one of the field’s most trusted benchmarks, helping drive momentum behind state adoption and implementation of financial education requirements for students to complete a personal finance course before graduating high school. This year’s report is the sixth issued since 2013, and the first to be administered by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE).
Explore the full report and individual state fact sheets below.
