| 100% | HISS | 4 | Sound of gas escaping is in High School |
| 46% | TEEN | 4 | One who might be in high school |
| 46% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Baywatch star, was in High School Musical |
| 40% | TENTH | 5 | Grade that a high school sophomore is in |
| 40% | TEENS | 5 | Most high school students, in terms of age |
| 40% | NERD | 4 | Opposite of a jock, in high school |
| 39% | LANALANG | 8 | High school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series |
| 39% | ETON | 4 | School where some of "Shakespeare in Love" was filmed |
| 38% | SUNY | 4 | Schools in Albany and Oneonta are part of it: Abbr. |
| 38% | GEE | 3 | ___ks in schools are thought of as nerdy |
| 38% | SAT | 3 | High school hurdle whose first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components |
| 38% | LANG | 4 | Lana —, high school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series |
| 38% | SPARROW | 7 | High ___, religious leader who was an antagonist in "Game of Thrones" |
| 36% | ARCHIE | 6 | Attendee of Riverdale High School, in comics |
| 36% | ALPS | 4 | High points in The Sound of Music |
| 36% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 36% | DOLOMITES | 9 | Group of limestone mountains in NE Italy whose highest peak is Marmolada |
| 36% | ABERDARE | 8 | & 12D Group of mountains in Kenya whose highest peak is Mount Satima |
| 36% | PACTEN | 6 | Conference name changed in 2011 when a pair of schools were added |
| 36% | IVYLEAGUE | 9 | Seven of the schools in this group were established prior to 1770 |
| 36% | EASYA | 5 | 2010 Emma Stone comedy set in high school |
| 35% | LETTERED | 8 | Starred in high school sports |
| 35% | ACNE | 4 | Skin affliction in high school |
| 35% | ACNE | 4 | Bad marks in high school? |
| 35% | ACNE | 4 | Worrisome marks in high school? |
| 35% | PROM | 4 | Big dance in high school |
| 35% | BIOL | 4 | Sci. studied in high school |
| 35% | ZIT | 3 | Bad mark in high school? |
| 35% | SATS | 4 | Exams taken in high school |
| 35% | CAFETERIA | 9 | Dining area in high school |