Degrassi High (1987)

Drama · Family · Romance

Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian CBC Television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school. Many episodes tackled difficult topics such as drug use, child abuse, teenage pregnancy, homosexuality, homophobia, racism, and divorce, and the series was acclaimed for its sensitive and realistic portrayal of the challenges of teenage life. The cast comprised mainly non-professional actors, which added to the show's sense of realism. The series featured many of the same actors who had starred on The Kids of Degrassi Street a few years earlier, including Stacie Mistysyn, Neil Hope, Anais Granofsky, Sarah Charlesworth and others. However, their character names and family situations had been changed, so Degrassi Junior High cannot, therefore, be considered a direct spinoff. The legal counsel for all the episodes was Stephen Stohn who later became the executive producer of Degrassi: The Next Generation. The series was filmed at the unused Vincent Massey Public School in Etobicoke, Ontario.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (3,444 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): The Roku Channel · VIX · Amazon Prime Video · Tubi TV · Hoopla · Plex · Plex Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

7.72 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 8.2 28 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kiss Me, Steph	7.2	145
2	The Big Dance	7.9	106
3	The Experiment	7.6	98
4	The Cover-Up	8.1	108
5	The Great Race	7.5	94
6	Rumor Has It	7.6	95
7	Best Laid Plans	7.9	89
8	Nothing to Fear	7.2	85
9	What a Night!	7.8	96
10	Smokescreen	7.6	88
11	It's Late	8.2	105
12	Parents' Night	7.5	89
13	Revolution!	8.2	99

Season 2 (1988)

7.68 avg 13 episodes 7.3 → 8.0 27 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Eggbert	7.3	89
2	A Helping Hand...	7.6	84
3	Great Expectations	7.7	87
4	Dinner & a Show	7.6	85
5	Stage Fright	7.4	84
6	Fight!	7.8	90
7	Bottled Up	7.9	88
8	Sealed with a Kiss	6.9	84
9	Dog Days	7.5	93
10	Censored	8.0	83
11	Trust Me	8.2	87
12	...He's Back	8.0	87
13	Pass Tense	8.0	80

Season 3 (1988)

7.83 avg 16 episodes 8.2 → 8.3 27 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Can't Live with 'Em: Part 1	8.2	83
2	Can't Live with 'Em: Part 2	8.2	83
3	A Big Girl Now	7.6	75
4	Season's Greetings	5.9	87
5	Loves Me, Loves Me Not	8.0	84
6	He Ain't Heavy...	7.8	90
7	The Whole Truth	7.3	83
8	Star-Crossed	7.5	79
9	Food for Thought	7.9	80
10	Twenty Bucks	8.3	84
11	Taking Off: Part 1	8.4	85
12	Taking Off: Part 2	8.4	85
13	Making Whoopee	7.6	77
14	Black & White	7.9	82
15	Pa-arty!	8.0	76
16	Bye-Bye Junior High	8.3	88

Season 4 (1989)

8.07 avg 15 episodes 8.4 → 8.0 27 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A New Start: Part 1	8.4	112
2	A New Start: Part 2	8.5	107
3	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	8.0	80
4	Dream On	7.5	79
5	Everybody Wants Something	8.3	89
6	Nobody's Perfect	8.5	91
7	Just Friends	7.9	77
8	Little White Lies	8.0	80
9	Sixteen: Part 1	7.9	82
10	Sixteen: Part 2	8.0	80
11	All in a Good Cause	8.0	77
12	Natural Attraction	7.6	78
13	Testing One, Two, Three...	8.3	80
14	It Creeps!!	8.2	80
15	Stressed Out	8.0	79

Season 5 (1990)

8.33 avg 13 episodes 8.7 → 8.7 29 min avg

saved-best-for-last

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bad Blood: Part 1	8.7	88
2	Bad Blood: Part 2	8.8	94
3	Loyalties	8.0	80
4	A Tangled Web	7.8	77
5	Body Politics	7.7	75
6	Crossed Wires	8.0	81
7	The All Nighter	8.7	80
8	Home, Sweet Home	8.5	82
9	Extracurricular Activities	7.7	75
10	Showtime: Part 1	8.8	94
11	Showtime: Part 2	8.8	90
12	Three's a Crowd	8.1	76
13	One Last Dance	8.7	87

Degrassi High (1987)

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