I went to a big suburban public HS that was only sophomore through senior years. 600 in our class! I didn’t come from a feeder school in junior high like most the kids so never really got to know a lot of them. We had a lot of tracking so I was in the same classes with pretty much the same 75 kids over and over.
The popular group was large. Our student body president took over his Dad’s dry cleaning business after college. One guy I had a crush on became a doctor. One of the cheerleaders became a flight attendant and she’s now high up in her airline’s union. One is a national TV exec. One an artist. Otherwise, I really don’t know as I didn’t stay in touch.
There were a lot of wild parties - even cocaine, it was the 80s – and while I’m sure not all the popular kids were so wild that’s what I think of when I think of that crowd. It was a bit of John Hughes movie situation and not my scene. [Side note: where were the parents?]
I came out of my shell in college and became much more social, though still not a big partier. Later married the guy who was voted Most Likely to Succeed at his high school, lol. 