| 100% | AARP | 4 | Grp. founded by a former high-school principal in 1958 |
| 41% | DIO | 3 | Metal band founded by a former Black Sabbath member |
| 41% | USO | 3 | Grp. founded in part by the Y.M.C.A. |
| 40% | ROME | 4 | City founded by a twin, in myth |
| 40% | VASSAR | 6 | School founded by a brewer |
| 39% | LOCKERS | 7 | Storage compartments found in a high school hallway |
| 39% | RIDGEMONT | 9 | High school in a 1982 comedy |
| 39% | AVRO | 4 | Aircraft firm founded by A V Roe in 1910 |
| 38% | ICEES | 5 | Drinks mistakenly invented by a Dairy Queen owner in 1958 |
| 37% | BAYSIDE | 7 | ___ High School, fictional school featured in "Saved by the Bell" |
| 37% | CROATIA | 7 | Country founded by King Tomislav in A.D. 924 |
| 37% | PTA | 3 | Grp. meeting in a school gym, often |
| 36% | SAYIDJARRAH | 11 | A former Iraqi soldier in "Lost," portrayed by Naveen Andrews: 2 wds. |
| 36% | OTTOMAN | 7 | Empire founded by Osman in 1290; or a padded bench |
| 36% | AVRO | 4 | Aircraft firm founded by Sir A V Roe in 1910 |
| 36% | BYU | 3 | Provo school founded by a religious leader: Abbr. |
| 35% | MATHLETE | 8 | Brainiac in a certain high school competition |
| 35% | PTA | 3 | Grp. that might get a talking-to by the principal |
| 34% | NOTEBOOK | 8 | A Ryan Gosling film; it's used by kids in school |
| 34% | ACME | 4 | Name found high in many a business directory, appropriately |
| 34% | JOANN | 5 | Title girl in a 1958 hit by the Playmates |
| 34% | CAFETERIA | 9 | Eatery in a high school |
| 34% | WASHCARS | 8 | Participate in a high school fundraiser |
| 34% | BULLY | 5 | Villain in a high school movie |
| 33% | AROMA | 5 | Found by a nose |
| 33% | SIXTY | 5 | Highest score achievable by a single dart in darts |
| 33% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president played by Anthony Hopkins in a 1995 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 33% | PNU | 3 | South Korean school founded in 1946 with a reputation for engineering (abbr.) |
| 33% | TENTH | 5 | Grade that a high school sophomore is in |
| 33% | RYUN | 4 | Jim ___, athlete who was the first high school junior to run a mile in under four minutes |