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The study examined the study of personality traits and academic adjustment of higher secondary school students of the Balasore district. This study adopted descriptive survey methods of research. Participants were 100 (50 boys and 50 girls) students of Remuna Higher Secondary School and F.M. Higher Secondary School of Balasore district. They were selected by using stratified random sampling. For the collection of data, the researcher used two standardized namely, adjustment inventory for secondary school students standardized by A.K. P. Sinha and Dr. R.P. Singh (2013), and the five-factor model of personality developed by Prof. Paul Costa and Robert M.C. CraeCare). Then the collected data were analyzed with the help of statistical techniques like- Pearson's product moment coefficient of correlation and independent t-test, and tested at 0.05 and 0.01 levels of significance. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between personality traits and academic adjustment of and boys girl's students of higher secondary school. The results also revealed that there is no significant difference between boys and girls students of higher secondary school in terms of personality traits. The findings also revealed that girl students are more adjustable than boy students.