A little bit older my faves inHigh School: Carole King/Tapestry, Cat Stevens/Tea For Tillerman, JamesTaylor/Sweet Baby James, The Who/Who's Next and Motown.

I'm in the UK so in my case it was a secondary modern for boys but to answer your question, what reminds me of school: Slade, T.Rex, Roxy Music, Sweet, Focus, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper (Billion Dollar Babies in my case) and others

Boston, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Kansas, Marshall Tucker Band, Alice Cooper, The Who

My Jr. High and High School were 90s grunge and 80s new wave. I was listening to Nine Inch Nails, The Cranberries, Hole, Alanis Morrisette, Pearl Jam, Tool. But also The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Erasure, Blonde. Good times.

Stone Temple Pilots “Core”, Marilyn Manson “Antichrist Superstar”, Tool “Opiate”, Soul Asylum “Grave Dancers Union”

Faith No More: The Real Thing; Dirty Rotten Imbeciles: The Pit; Black Sabbath: Any of their albums.

On the way to my favorite cafe this morning I got to hear Twisted Sister, I Want To Rock!!! Made my day

Don't understand their music.

I've been listening to the same radio station for (almost) as long as I've been alive.
They've changed their tag line - but they've always played good dependable Rock.
(now considered Classic Rock).
My high school years were spent trying not to listen to the (crap) music of the day, but to hold out until I got home to listen to some Good Stuff!!!
Lots have been mentioned already, but I'll add The Doobie Brothers, Zappa, The Who, The Stones, The Doors, Zeppelin, Three Dog Night, 10CC ...
There are others, but I'll leave it there.

Guns N Roses and Metallica. Two bands that shaped my teen yrs

Anthrax, for one. Lots of stuff posted in the Metal and Punk group, too.

Anything Queen or ELO will always be high school songs. Disco reminds me I was born at an unfortunate time.

AC/DC Back in Black, Elvis Costello My Aim Is True, Joe Jackson Look Sharp, The Specials, Madness One Step Beyond.

Skid Row, Anthrax, Megadeth, Kool Moe Dee, Dj Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Lost Boys Soundtrack, Blue Oyster Cult, Salty Dog, Alice Cooper, Don Henley, Warren Zevon... I had a wide array of musical styles I was interested in... LOL

Hmmmmm.... R.E.M. was my favorite band in school, but I was also big on Public Image, Ltd., Beastie Boys, Live, Faith No More, Nirvana, Guns n' Roses, Big Audio Dynamite, and The Smiths. Oh and definitely the infamous Wally Pleasant.

Beatles, Supremes, Stones

I'm too far back

Styx, Boston, REO speed wagon, Journey, Foreigner, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Heart......uuffff

Guns & Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Nirvana- Never mind.

I'll go back and listen to some of the old stuff once in awhile. However, I prefer to navigate Tidal or Pandora to discover new stuff I haven't heard before.

When I do get in the mood for a bit of nostalgia, I'll go back to what I was listening to in college. Not high school. The Replacements, The Damned, The Church, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Echo and the Bunnyman, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Cure, Love And Rockets, The Pixies, The Dead Boys, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Motorhead, King Diamond, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Anthrax, Accept....

Kiss, AC/DC, Great White, Motley Crue, Guns and Roses - etc. Hair metal kid.

When I was in high school. The Who came out with Tommy, Jethro Tull came out with Aqualung, Chicago came out with Chicago - the album with 25 or 6 to 4, Black Sabbath came out with Paranoid, McCartney came out with Ram, and Clapton came out with Layla and other Love Songs. There's more, but those come immediately to mind. ELP came out with Lucky Man (forget the album, but I think it was just ELP) as well as Tarkus, Rod Stewart came out with Maggie May. Cream, Blind Faith, Steely Dan, geeze, I need to go play some vinyl now.

Captain Beyond's self titled debut.
More so the music from 68 to about 72 - it was a wild time in my life and always enjoy listening to it. Frank Zappa, captain beefheart, Alice cooper, Iggy pop, James Brown, Joni mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, etc.
I listen to a lot of current and older stuff, but rarely radio.
Like big band/swing too.