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The academic performance of the students during the high school is considered to be more important for their future career. The academic performance is affected by various factors internally and externally. To overcome all the challenges during their studies in high school, emotional intelligence is very important. Low emotional intelligence among students might affect their performance in academics. But empirical evidence for this is very minimal and thus this research has been conducted to find whether emotional intelligence affects the academic performance of the students by analyzing their high school Tamilnadu state board examination results. This research uses a descriptive method of research. The population used in this study was high school students who have completed their 12th standard as per the Tamilnadu state board Examination in Coimbatore area, and as many as 287 students were sampled in this study by random sampling. The data analysis was a simple linear regression test using IBM SPSS 23. The result of this study shows that the relationship between variables of 0.543 in a positive direction, with a coefficient of determination (R Square) of 0.374, which means that independent variables have an influence of 37.4% on dependent variables. Referring to the calculated F value = 62.869 with a Sig. rate of 0.000 < 0.05 means that the null hypothesis is rejected, and the research hypothesis is accepted. In conclusion, emotional intelligence positively affects students' academic performance.