This may be very dependent on individual class composition too. I was always a nerd, and can say my school experience was very nerd-inclusive, bully-exclusive.

This may be very dependent on individual class composition too. I was always a nerd, and can say my school experience was very nerd-inclusive, bully-exclusive. I attribute this to the strong girl groups in my class who seemingly had a rather clear sense of what's right and ethical. Any bullying was shot down very quickly. As a caveat, it could of course be that someone else in my class had a completely different experience of the same events.