The article deals with the issue of teenager’s subcultural competence development. The author finds out the importance of subcultural phenomena in terms of school community, reviews and analyzes the typical difficulties of teenagers at different levels of formation of teenager’s subcultural competence in the process of development of this quality, describes the ways to overcome these difficulties in certain pedagogical situations.

The article deals with the notions of megalopolis, creative class, sociocultural adaptation of students from small villages to the megalopolis subculture. The role of subcultural competence of a teenager in the process of sociocultural adaptation of students from small villages is described.

The article deals with the notion of subculture, determines the role of subculture in the lives of modern teenagers and teachers’ attitude to this phenomenon. It describes the notion of subcultural competence as the component of the professional competence of a modern teacher.

The article deals with the notion of sociocultural adaptation of students from sparsely populated places to a megalopolis subculture, determines the role of the subcultural competence of a teenager in the process of sociocultural adaptation of students from sparsely populated areas.