| 100% | PROMDATE | 8 | Partner for a high-school dance (2 wds.) |
| 96% | PROMDRESS | 9 | Special garment for a high school dance: 2 wds. |
| 88% | PROMDATE | 8 | Partner for a big high-school dance (2 wds.) |
| 70% | PROMKING | 8 | Guy who's crowned at a high-school dance: 2 wds. |
| 64% | SOCKHOP | 7 | 1950s high school dance party: 2 wds. |
| 62% | NAMETAG | 7 | Label worn at a high school reunion: 2 wds. |
| 61% | COACHCARTER | 11 | 15-Across' debut movie, about a high school basketball team: 2 wds. |
| 61% | HOMEEC | 6 | High school class involving cooking skills, for short: 2 wds. |
| 60% | APBIO | 5 | Sitcom that starred Glenn Howerton as a high school science teacher: 2 wds. |
| 58% | PROMDATE | 8 | Partner for the big high school dance |
| 58% | BANDCAMP | 8 | Summer program for high school musicians: 2 wds. |
| 58% | THEGIRL | 7 | "___ Next Door," 2004 film starring Emile Hirsch as a high school senior Matthew Kidman : 2 wds. |
| 58% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | 2018 Broadway musical about a high school clique, based on a 2004 Lindsay Lohan movie: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ALLTHAT | 7 | "She's ___," 1999 rom-com set in a high school featuring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Cook: 2 wds. |
| 56% | WORKINGCLASSES | 14 | Job for a high school teacher? |
| 56% | VARSITY | 7 | Goal for a high school athlete |
| 56% | CLUB | 4 | Extracurricular for a high school student |
| 55% | PSAT | 4 | Exam for a high school junior: Abbr. |
| 55% | ACNE | 4 | Facial problem for a high school student |
| 55% | PROM | 4 | Big night for a high school senior |
| 55% | PROM | 4 | Occasion for a high school after-party |
| 55% | PROM | 4 | High school dance for seniors |
| 55% | TEENWOLF | 8 | 1985 Michael J. Fox film set in a high school (2 wds.) |
| 55% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | Popular American neo-western crime drama by Vince Gilligan about a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with lung cancer: 2 wds. |
| 55% | QUEERPROM | 9 | Opportunity for a second chance at a high school dance |
| 55% | PROM | 4 | 2011 Disney movie about a high school dance |
| 55% | SAT | 3 | Aptitude test for a high school senior: Abbr. |
| 55% | GEO | 3 | Prefix with "graphy" for a high school subject |
| 54% | PROM | 4 | High school dance with a queen |
| 54% | JUDDNELSON | 10 | Actor who played a high school delinquent in "The Breakfast Club" and a yuppie politician in "St. Elmo's Fire": 2 wds. |