Abstract:  
 
This work presents the results of comparative studies on determination of the extent of economic culture among highs school students of the Indigenous small numbered peoples of the North residing in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The subject of this research is the theoretical grounds of the beginning of formation of economic culture among high school students, while the object is the educational process and sociocultural space of the high school students of the Indigenous small numbered peoples of the North from Krasnoyarsk Krai and Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The article substantiates the importance of the early formation of economic culture among the high schoolers. The used methodology alongside the analysis of individual portfolio of a student can be applied in structuring the further individual educational trajectory, as well as determining of the future profession. The author reveal the ethno-geographical differentiation of the high schoolers at the level of their social adaptation that demonstrates the presence of life goals, knowledge of their rights and responsibilities, and general knowledge necessary in the current social, economic, and cultural environment.