Music Standards Hub

50 states + DC · Pre-K to Grade 5

Elementary Music Standards by State

Pick your state to see every general music standard, grade by grade, word for word from the official documents. Each page has a free printable checklist and the Prodigies lesson that teaches each standard.

Not sure which framework your state uses? 42 states and DC write their own music standards. The rest adopt the National Core Arts Standards directly.

AlabamaAL Music · 2024119 standardsAlaskaAK Music · 2019133 standardsArizonaAZ Arts Standards: General Music · 2015107 standardsArkansasAR Music · 202044 standardsCaliforniaCA Arts Standards (VAPA) · 2019140 standardsColoradoCO Music · 202262 standardsConnecticutUses NCAS140 standardsDelawareUses NCAS140 standardsFloridaNGSSS Music · 2014157 standardsGeorgiaGA Music · 2018248 standardsHawaiiUses NCAS140 standardsIdahoID Music · 202435 standardsIllinoisUses NCAS140 standardsIndianaIN Music · 202347 standardsIowaUses NCAS140 standardsKansasKS Music · 2015121 standardsKentuckyKY Music · 2024116 standardsLouisianaLA Music · 200444 standardsMaineME Music · 2022107 standardsMarylandMD Music · 202092 standardsMassachusettsMA Music · 201946 standardsMichiganMI Music · 2011173 standardsMinnesotaMN Music · 201854 standardsMississippiMS Music · 2017139 standardsMissouriMO Music · 2019138 standardsMontanaMT Music · 201666 standardsNebraskaNE Music · 201430 standardsNevadaNV Music · 2017129 standardsNew HampshireUses NCAS140 standardsNew JerseyNJ Music · 202040 standardsNew MexicoNM Music · 2022112 standardsNew YorkNYS Arts Standards · 2017181 standardsNorth CarolinaNC Music · 2024120 standardsNorth DakotaUses NCAS140 standardsOhioOH Music · 2024120 standardsOklahomaOK Music · 202386 standardsOregonOR Music · 2015159 standardsPennsylvaniaPA Arts · 200266 standardsRhode IslandUses NCAS140 standardsSouth CarolinaSC Music · 201787 standardsSouth DakotaSD Music · 202238 standardsTennesseeTN Music · 2018128 standardsTexasMusic TEKS · 2013133 standardsUtahUtah Core Music Standards · 2016158 standardsVermontUses NCAS140 standardsVirginiaVA Music · 2020328 standardsWashingtonWA Music · 2017139 standardsWashington DCDC Music · 2009175 standardsWest VirginiaWV Music · 201892 standardsWisconsinWI Music · 201774 standardsWyomingWY FPA · 20239 standards