The "groups" at my school were a little less clear cut. We had the stereotypical "jock" and "cheerleader" types although we didn't have cheerleaders, it was just the popular girls who the "jocks" were dating. As well as the group that hated school and didn't want to be there, who left at the first opportunity after GCSEs (some even went before).
Then there was the rest of the school who weren't in any form of a clique, it was just groups of friends. Hell, my friends consisted of an overtly religious trumpet player who loved Christian and indie music, an incredibly tall film-nerd type who liked grunge music, a metalhead who liked films and hated games who people insisted was goth due to wearing goth-ish clothes but ultimately just liked the clothes, a guy who was the most normal person ever (normal music tastes, normal appearance, normal personality) and then there was me who was a metalhead film/game fanatic but also love game soundtracks.
I didn't know more than half of my year because we kept to ourselves and were really only exposed to the jock/cheerleader groups due to them being in your face and making themselves seen. It was only when I went to 6th form (same school) and due to limited common room space the separate groups melded into one huge group that I met half of my school. Consequently those that weren't part of any group were now an uber-huge army of one group that outnumbered the 'popular' kids.
Best 2 years of my life.
