| 100% | WALKOUTS | 8 | Actions taken by thousands of Virginia high-school students to protest anti-trans policies (September, 2022) |
| 26% | GPAS | 4 | High school student's stats: Abbr. (anagram of "gaps") |
| 26% | TEENS | 5 | Most high school students, in terms of age |
| 25% | PSAT | 4 | Exam taken by high school juniors: Abbr. |
| 25% | SAT | 3 | Exam taken by high school juniors: Abbr. |
| 25% | PSATS | 5 | Exams taken by high school juniors: Abbr. |
| 24% | PSAT | 4 | Exam typically taken by high school juniors (Abbr.) |
| 24% | PSAT | 4 | Exam often taken by high school juniors: Abbr. |
| 23% | RECONQUER | 9 | To take control of again, acquire by force again |
| 23% | GENX | 4 | Like high school and college students of the '80s-'90s, e.g. |
| 23% | OCTOPI | 6 | Ones taking advantage of suckers to get by? |
| 23% | VOWOFSILENCE | 12 | A daylong one is taken in April to protest discrimination of LGBTQ students |
| 22% | TEEN | 4 | High school student |
| 22% | TEENAGER | 8 | High school student |
| 22% | SICKNESS | 8 | Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of school |
| 22% | WESHOULDSPLITUP | 15 | Horror-movie suggestion ... taken by the first words of the answers to the themed clues? |
| 22% | TEENER | 6 | High school student, informally |
| 22% | TEEN | 4 | High school student, usually |
| 22% | TEEN | 4 | High school student, age-wise |
| 21% | DEBT | 4 | Student ___ (subject of a forgiveness plan announced by the Biden Administration in August, 2022) |
| 21% | GRE | 3 | Test that students have to take for getting into graduate schools: Abbr. |
| 21% | SPIN | 4 | Final ___ (action taken by Pat Sajak on "Wheel of Fortune") |
| 21% | APTESTS | 7 | They may be taken by high-school seniors |
| 21% | CARRIE | 6 | King story of a telepathic high school student |
| 21% | COWARD | 6 | Opposite of hero, someone afraid to take action |
| 21% | ESSAY | 5 | High school student's writing assignment |
| 21% | MASSEXCOMMUNICATION | 19 | Action taken by an irate pope? |
| 21% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Path taken by 37-Across to find the ends of 17-, 26- and 44-Across in [circled letters] |
| 21% | PAYFREEZE | 9 | Action taken by a company in distress |
| 21% | PROMS | 5 | Dances for high school students |