In 2022, the Florida legislature passed a measure mandating personal finance education in high schools.
According to a new study, the state didn’t have spectacular numbers, but it wasn’t at the bottom of the list either.
The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) just released its 2026 National Report Card on state efforts to improve financial literacy in high schools.
They gave Florida a C rating.
A 2025 nationwide opinion poll from NEFE found that 83% of U.S. adults believe the state they live in should require a semester- or year-long course focused on personal finance as a graduation requirement, while 82% of respondents who attended high school say they wish they were required to complete a personal finance class while they were in school.
NEFE’s data also found that most of their respondents felt that personal finance is equally as important as core subjects like math, science, and English. Most Americans also believe their financial lives would be better if they had received financial education in school.
“Adopting a standalone, full-semester high school personal finance graduation requirement is a vital first step in delivering effective financial education to all students,” says Billy Hensley, Ph.D., president and CEO of NEFE.
