| 100% | DATES | 5 | Sources of high school jitters |
| 62% | LOCALNEWS | 9 | Source of information about weather and high school sports: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ACROPHOBIA | 10 | Source of high anxiety? |
| 56% | ALPACAS | 7 | Sources of high-quality wool |
| 54% | PEP | 3 | Kind of high school rally |
| 54% | EXPEL | 5 | Kick out of high school |
| 54% | EFRON | 5 | Zac of High School Musical |
| 53% | PEER | 4 | ___ pressure (cause of high school stress) |
| 53% | NERD | 4 | Target of high school bullying, sometimes |
| 53% | BOOSTERCLUB | 11 | Group of high school sports fans |
| 52% | FRESHMAN | 8 | First year of high school or college |
| 51% | EFRON | 5 | Actor Zac, star of High School Musical movies |
| 51% | HOPS | 4 | High school dances of the 1950s |
| 51% | KOTTER | 6 | High school teacher of 1970s TV |
| 51% | LSD | 3 | Source of a hippie's high |
| 51% | STATETAX | 8 | Source of some income for schools |
| 50% | SRS | 3 | Students in their final year of high school: Abbr. |
| 50% | JRS | 3 | Those in their third year of high school: Abbr. |
| 50% | DARIA | 5 | High school misanthrope of 1990s-2000s cartoondom |
| 49% | FRESHMAN | 8 | Student in the first year of high school or college |
| 49% | HISTORY | 7 | High school subject with a lot of dates |
| 48% | GPAS | 4 | High school student's stats: Abbr. (anagram of "gaps") |
| 48% | COLLEGE | 7 | School of higher learning, university |
| 48% | UTAHSTARS | 9 | A.B.A. team that signed Moses Malone out of high school |
| 48% | DREWBARRYMORE | 13 | "Charlie's Angels" actress who dropped out of high school: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HILARYSWANK | 11 | "Million Dollar Baby" actress who dropped out of high school: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TEENS | 5 | Most high school students, in terms of age |
| 47% | UNIV | 4 | School of higher learning, for short |
| 47% | DWIGHTHOWARD | 12 | The Orlando Magic drafted him out of high school in 2004: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DARRYLDAWKINS | 13 | The Philadelphia 76ers drafted him out of high school in 1975: 2 wds. |