There are a couple high school stories I've enjoyed recently (Toradora, for one), and yeah, the idea that your first love is your true love sucks and annoys me, but I still liked it XD

And I really liked Yoshinaga Fumi's "Flower of Life," which is set in high school, but it's not a romance story (or even BL like most of her other work, and holy shit have I mentioned how fucking awesome Ooku is? IT'S FUCKING AWESOME.) I love her stories, because she can make her tropes into people. Which rocks.