| 100% | ZAC | 3 | Efron whose big break was the Disney Channel's "High School Musical" |
| 36% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NYU | 3 | Big Apple school whose sports teams are the Violets (abbr.) |
| 35% | BEAST | 5 | "Beauty and the ___," Disney stage musical that is one of the highest-grossing Broadway musicals |
| 33% | ZAC | 3 | Actor ___ Efron of Disney's "High School Musical" |
| 33% | ZAC | 3 | Efron, High School Musical actor |
| 32% | MONTANA | 7 | The disney channel's hannah |
| 32% | FERB | 4 | The Disney Channel's "Phineas and ___" |
| 31% | SALEM | 5 | Its high school teams are the Witches |
| 31% | NSYNC | 5 | Musical group whose album "No Strings Attached" was the highest-selling album of 2000 in the U.S. |
| 30% | TEENS | 5 | Much of the Disney Channel's demographic |
| 30% | TUFTS | 5 | School whose mascot is Jumbo the elephant |
| 30% | TULANE | 6 | School whose mascot is Riptide the Pelican |
| 30% | SYRACUSE | 8 | School whose teams are called The Orange |
| 30% | CATS | 4 | Musical whose name is an anagram of the members of a musical |
| 29% | ASU | 3 | School whose mascot is Sparky the Sun Devil (abbr.) |
| 29% | TROY | 4 | Zac Efron's "High School Musical" role |
| 29% | RASCALFLATTS | 12 | "Bless the Broken Road" country group whose name's only vowels are A's: 2 wds. |
| 29% | DON | 3 | ___ Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award, annual prize that is named after the NFL's winningest head coach |
| 29% | PROM | 4 | High school senior's big dance |
| 29% | TIME | 4 | (2/3) "What ___ Is It?" opening number from Disney's "High School Musical 2" in which the characters look forward to summer |
| 29% | TCM | 3 | Channel whose first broadcast, in 1994, was “Gone with the Wind” |
| 29% | UCF | 3 | School in Orlando whose motto is "Reach for the Stars": Abbr. |
| 29% | USNA | 4 | Military school whose mascot is Bill the Goat (Abbr.) |
| 29% | GREASE | 6 | Musical that was the highest-grossing movie in 1978 |
| 29% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet T. S. whose work inspired the musical Cats |
| 28% | NFL | 3 | Organization whose forerunner was founded in 1920 with 15-Across, the sport's biggest star, as its president |
| 28% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 28% | UCLA | 4 | School whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 28% | USC | 3 | School whose athletes are the Trojans: Abbr. |