15 New and Classic High School TV Shows Available to Stream HBO Max Right Now

Teenage detective Nancy Drew is on the case, and this time it's personal. After swearing off crime-solving following her mother's tragic death, Nancy soon finds herself at the centre of another mystery, and she has no choice but to get involved. When a Horseshoe Bay socialite is found murdered, Nancy and a group of four other teens become the prime suspects of the investigation. Along with her high school nemesis George and her secret boyfriend Nick, Nancy teams up with a burnout named Ace and a mysterious rich girl named Bess, and together, the five of them attempt to clear their names.

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From an outsider's perspective, private school primadonna Serena van der Woodsen is waltzing her way through life, and so is her posse. But though she and her fellow Upper East Side Manhattanites lead privileged lives, they aren't exactly untouchable. There's an anonymous blogger writing under the pen name "Gossip Girl," and Serena, Blair, Jenny, Nate, Chuck, and Dan are all wrapped around Gossip Girl's finger. Revealing secrets, uncovering scandals, and feeding on heartache while escalating drama, the mysterious Gossip Girl blogger takes no prisoners.

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Set in the DC Universe one decade after the Justice Society of America is killed in battle, the stars align and Courtney Whitmore, a high school student in Los Angeles discovers a powerful weapon — the Cosmic Staff of Starman. Now in possession of the Cosmic Staff, Courtney learns that her stepfather Pat Dugan was Starman's sidekick, and she becomes his successor, Stargirl. Along with a new generation of young superheroes, Courtney initiates the second incarnation of the Justice Society of America.

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This coming-of-age drama from Moonlight screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney focuses on race, identity, and privilege from the perspective of a Black high schooler caught between two very different worlds. Though he attends a magnet school for academically gifted students, teenage prodigy David lives in the projects of South Florida and is left balancing life on the streets and life at a school that gives him a ticket out of it.

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Based on the Teen Titans franchise, this live action series tells the supernatural coming-of-age stories of Dick Grayson, Rachel Roth, Starfire, and Beast Boy. Joining forces to fight evil and combat a conspiracy that could mean Hell on Earth, it's clear that the Titans are no ordinary teens.

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A television spinoff of the 2018 film Skate Kitchen, Betty focuses on an all-girl skating collective whose members are as close as sisters. Titled "Betty" after the derogatory nickname given to girl skateboarders, this teen comedy details the everyday life stories of Skate Kitchen's original characters Camille, Janay, Kirt, Indigo, and Honeybear as they navigate the male-dominated world of skateboarding.

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Ryan Atwood, a gifted teenager from a broken home, finds himself in Newport Beach, CA, where he meets the Cohens, a wealthy family living in one of the richest neighbourhoods of Orange County. When Ryan is officially adopted by Sandy and Kirsten Cohen, he begins a new life, and high school turns out to be the hardest part. Between snarky rich kids, drama, and crushes, there's no shortage of teen angst in this modern soap opera.

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In this classic ABC sitcom from the '80s, a group of overachieving honour students at Fillmore High School face an unexpected challenge: focusing less on their grades and more on their social life. Filling his lesson plans with real-life advice and problem solving skills, laidback substitute teacher Mr. Moore enriches the lives of these teens inside and outside of school.

Watch Head of the Class on HBO Max.

After the queen bee of their friend group mysteriously disappears, the once close-knit bond between Spencer, Aria, Hanna and Emily begins to unravel. One year later, the girls are starting high school, eager to leave their traumatizing pasts behind as they embark on a new chapter of life following their friend Allison's disappearance. But when Spencer, Aria, Hanna, and Emily each begin receiving threatening text messages from someone named "A," they have no choice but to work together to protect themselves and their shared secrets — secrets that only Alison would know.

Watch Pretty Little Liars on HBO Max.