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Youth today is living in a highly complex world where nothing seems to be guaranteed with certainty and at the same time they are expected to perform at every front; the main being the academics. Be it about self, career, academics or any other issue, the youths undergo feelings of anxiety during some phase of their lives. There are many positive aspects of academic anxiety, but usually the negative aspects are highlighted. Therefore, present paper seeks to reveal the impact of academic anxiety, type of school, gender and locality on the academic achievement of senior secondary school students. A sample of 220 students consisting of 97 girls, 123 boys was taken out of which 100 were from rural area and 120 were from urban area. 103 students were picked from govt. schools and 116 were from private schools. The data was analysed using t-test. Data indicated that there was no significant difference in the academic achievement of senior secondary school students with high and low academic anxiety. Also, there was no significant difference in the academic achievement of govt. and private senior secondary school students in the present study. But, there was found significant difference in the academic achievement of male and female senior secondary school students. Also, there was found significant difference in the academic achievement of rural and urban senior secondary school students. The implications of the study are discussed. More extensive research on the subject is needed to validate these findings.