Coming from a small town and a small highschool, there was a lot of confusion when it came to social classification. There were several people (like my self) who were crossovers, but not necessarily "in-betweens". The jocks were the jocks, certainly, but there are a few jocks who also fit in with other groups. One such jock was very religious and also studious, so he fit in more with us "nerds" in the honors and AP classes. He was also on the WYSE and math teams, definitely not your typical jock, yet a key player on both the football and basketball teams.

I too was a crossover, a "nerd" on the WYSE and math teams, but also the lead in all of the school plays and musicals.

A few other posters already mentioned subgroups, which I can certainly say existed in my highschool. Since I was only a part of 2 groups I only know the details of those groups and not the jocks or the popular kids or the "burnouts".

The academic community definitely had a hierarchy. People in AP classes were different than the ones in simply Honors classes. The WYSE team was also much more prestigious than the math team, and worlds away from the lowly academic bowl team.