| 100% | FRESHMAN | 8 | Student in the first year of high school or college |
| 68% | FRESHMAN | 8 | First year of high school or college |
| 54% | SRS | 3 | Students in their final year of high school: Abbr. |
| 50% | FRESHMAN | 8 | First-year US college or high school student |
| 46% | GENX | 4 | Like high school and college students of the '80s-'90s, e.g. |
| 45% | EZRA | 4 | It begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 45% | NINETEEN | 8 | 2011 Billy Ray Cyrus song about a high school football star or the age of college sophomores |
| 45% | EZRA | 4 | Book that begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 43% | YEARZERO | 8 | First year of the Khmer Rouge's rule in Cambodia |
| 43% | NIELS | 5 | First name of Danes Jerne and Finsen, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 81 years apart |
| 43% | JRS | 3 | Students in their third year of college: Abbr. |
| 42% | JRS | 3 | Those in their third year of high school: Abbr. |
| 42% | MDXI | 4 | Year of the first Spanish settlement in Cuba |
| 42% | EZRA | 4 | It begins "In the first year of Cyrus..." |
| 41% | TEENS | 5 | Most high school students, in terms of age |
| 40% | EZRA | 4 | It begins "In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia..." |
| 40% | SYNE | 4 | Last word in the first song of the year |
| 40% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, in Spanish |
| 40% | LANALANG | 8 | High school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series |
| 39% | TET | 3 | First day of the Lunar New Year, in Vietnam |
| 39% | LABORDAYWEEKEND | 15 | First three-day break of the school year for many |
| 39% | DOROTHY | 7 | First name of actor Dandridge or the girl in Oz |
| 39% | FOURTHYEARS | 11 | High school or college seniors, usually |
| 38% | LANG | 4 | Lana —, high school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series |
| 38% | SOLSTICE | 8 | The time of year when the sun is highest or lowest |
| 38% | PRINCIPAL | 9 | The head of a school or amount advanced in a loan |
| 38% | ONEAD | 5 | The first year of the Common Era |
| 38% | MARCH | 5 | Month that was the first of the new year in early 3-Down calendars |
| 38% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |
| 38% | DEC | 3 | First month after fall or last month of the year, for short |