2026 Intuit Hour of FinanceTM Challenge award recipients
Recognizing the 195 schools that went above and beyond in making financial literacy a school-wide initiative during the 2026 Intuit Hour of Finance Challenge. Schools are grouped into three achievement tiers – Velocity, Momentum, and Catalyst – based on the number of educators who completed the program with their students.
Velocity tier
Schools in the Velocity tier led the charge for financial literacy with five or more educators each guiding their students through a complete Hour of Finance playthrough. These schools demonstrated the highest level of program-wide commitment – turning a single classroom activity into a school-wide movement and ensuring that financial literacy reached students across multiple classrooms and grade levels.
Algonquin Regional High School
Massachusetts
Bauxite High School
Arkansas
Brazosport High School
Texas
Brooklyn Technical High School
New York
Cape Coral High School
Florida
Cedar Crest High School
Pennsylvania
Central High School
Tennessee
Claremont International High School
New York
Columbus North High School
Indiana
Danbury High School
Connecticut
Dickinson High School
Texas
Edinburg North High School
Texas
Everett Area High School
Pennsylvania
Franklin Middle School
Wisconsin
Greenbrier East High School
West Virginia
Hagerty High School
Florida
Harriman High School
Tennessee
Hermon-Dekalb Central School
New York
Herriman High School
Utah
Hoover High School
Alabama
Houston High School
Texas
In-Tech Academy (MS/HS 368)
New York
John I. Leonard High School
Florida
Keaau High School
Hawaii
King George High School
Virginia
Kingwood High School
Texas
Leesville Road Middle School
North Carolina
Litchville-Marion High School
North Dakota
Lowell High School
Massachusetts
MacArthur High School
Texas
Massaponax High School
Virginia
McDowell High School
Pennsylvania
Memorial High School
Oklahoma
Mid-Del Technology Center
Oklahoma
Mission Early College High School
Texas
Monroe City R-I High School
Missouri
Morris Hills High School
New Jersey
Mountain View Middle School
New Hampshire
Murrieta Valley High School
California
Navarre High School
Florida
New Utrecht High School
New York
North Henderson High School
North Carolina
Northern Highlands Regional High School
New Jersey
Northwestern High School
South Carolina
Norview High School
Virginia
Pine Forest High School
North Carolina
Piscataway Magnet School
New Jersey
Poplarville Career Development Center
Mississippi
Potomac High School
Maryland
Sandalwood High School
Florida
Shorecrest Preparatory School
Florida
Silver Creek High School
California
Smyrna High School
Tennessee
Spaulding High School
New Hampshire
Stadium High School
Washington
Toby Johnson Middle School
California
Trumbull Career & Tech Center
Ohio
Twin Valley High School
Pennsylvania
Vista Murrieta High School
California
White County Middle School
Georgia
Young Womens Preparatory Academy
Florida
Momentum tier
Schools in the Momentum tier showed strong commitment to financial education, with three to four educators each completing a full program playthrough alongside their students. These schools went beyond the individual classroom, building meaningful momentum for financial literacy across their communities during the 2026 Challenge.
Academy of Finance and Enterprise
New York
Arlington High School
Nebraska
Arthur Miller Career Center
Texas
Bartlett Schools
Texas
Berwick Academy
Maine
Big Walnut High School
Ohio
Billings Senior High School
Montana
Boronda Meadows
California
Bowsher High School
Ohio
Cabot Freshman Academy
Arkansas
Cass Middle School
Georgia
Christen Middle School
Texas
Clayton High School
North Carolina
Clinton High School
Michigan
Crestwood Secondary Campus
Pennsylvania
Dallas County Technical Center
Missouri
Delmar High School
Delaware
Downingtown STEM Academy
Pennsylvania
E.C. Glass High School
Virginia
East Henderson High School
North Carolina
Eisenhower High School
Kansas
Flasher High School
North Dakota
Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus
New Jersey
Galesburg Senior High School
Illinois
Granby High School
Virginia
Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School
Maryland
Kingsway Regional High School
New Jersey
Labelle High School
Florida
Lakeview Centennial High School
Texas
Lamoille Union High School
Vermont
Lavergne High School
Tennessee
Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy
California
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Massachusetts
Lisbon Central School
New York
Livingston High School
New Jersey
Matawan Regional High School
New Jersey
Melbourne Senior High School
Florida
Menchville High School
Virginia
Mountain View High School
Arizona
Nelson County High School
Kentucky
Niles West High School
Illinois
Norristown Area High School
Pennsylvania
North Gulfport Elementary and Middle School
Mississippi
Oak Forest High School
Illinois
Oregon Charter Academy
Oregon
Otsego High School
Michigan
Pennridge High School
Pennsylvania
Pinkerton Academy
New Hampshire
Pottsville High School
Arkansas
Reading Muhlenberg CTC
Pennsylvania
Riverside Junior/Senior High School
Oregon
Rock L Butler Middle School
Pennsylvania
Rome High School
Georgia
Sam Houston High School
Texas
Shadow Ridge High School
Arizona
Stevenson High School
Michigan
Trinidad High School
Colorado
Washington (George) High School
California
West Las Vegas Middle School
New Mexico
Wyoming High School
Michigan
Xenia High School
Ohio
Yuma High School
Colorado
Catalyst tier
Schools in the Catalyst tier took the first step toward school-wide financial literacy, with at least two educators each completing a full Hour of Finance playthrough with their students. Every great movement starts somewhere – these schools are the catalyst for a more financially confident generation.
Ada High School
Oklahoma
Arapahoe High School
Colorado
Arroyo Grande High School
California
Athens Drive High School
North Carolina
Bronx Envision Academy
New York
Burley Senior High School
Idaho
Business & Technology Complex
Mississippi
Butler High School
North Carolina
Cardozo Middle School
Mississippi
Castle High School
Indiana
Central Magnet School
Tennessee
Chancellor High School
Virginia
Chaparral High School
Colorado
Charlotte Senior High School
Michigan
Childersburg High School
Alabama
Collin County Community College District
Texas
Collinsville High School
Illinois
Conroe High School
Texas
Crescent High School
South Carolina
Downtown Doral Charter Upper School
Florida
Dracut Senior High School
Massachusetts
East Kentwood High School
Michigan
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School
New Jersey
Fairhope East Elementary
Alabama
Fayetteville High School
Alabama
First State Military Academy
Delaware
Foothill High School
California
Gaithersburg High School
Maryland
Greenville Senior High Academy
South Carolina
Hackett Catholic Prep
Michigan
Harlem High School
Illinois
High School
Michigan
Highland Springs High School
Virginia
Homestead High School
California
Immokalee Middle School
Florida
Incline High School
Nevada
Independence Middle School
Florida
Innovation Central High School
Michigan
Jefferson County North Elem/Middle School
Kansas
Jenison High School
Michigan
Knox County Career Center 4
Ohio
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute
Pennsylvania
Leland High School
California
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Florida
Masconomet Regional High School
Massachusetts
McKinley High School
Ohio
Medina County Career Center
Ohio
Medina Valley High School
Texas
Menomonee Falls High School
Wisconsin
Mohave Accelerated Learning Center
Arizona
Muskego High School
Wisconsin
Newark Charter School
Delaware
North Mesquite High School
Texas
North Middle School
Wisconsin
Northview Senior Academy
Tennessee
Oconto Middle School
Wisconsin
Palo Verde High School
Nevada
Paradise Honors High School
Arizona
Passaic Arts and Science Charter High School
New Jersey
Peak to Peak Charter School
Colorado
Plainfield East High School
Illinois
Raymore-Peculiar Senior High School
Missouri
Sky View High School
Utah
Smithtown High School East
New York
Spanish River Community High School
Florida
Sun River Middle School
Montana
Taunton High School
Massachusetts
Travis B Bryan High School
Texas
West Hempstead Secondary School
New York
West Holt High School
Nebraska
West Perry Senior High School
Pennsylvania
Wrightson Ridge K-8 School
Arizona
