I can’t say I’m surprised…
When I was in school (~8 years ago,) there really was a great deal of gloating and cliques around academic achievement rosters. The kids lacking in support for a proper education did have a hard time.
But this is nothing new. No matter what, kids are gonna be mean and selfish little shits who ostracize the “dummies” and the underachievers anyway. All this does is piss of the “popular” kids and give them a reason to harrass the others even more, for taking away their prestige.