The purpose of this research is comparisional investigation of intelligence quotient and anxiety level of high school boys living in up and down area of the city in this research. Up area of the city means area of a city that has good and sufficient equipments and schools with skilled teachers for teaching and instruction, and down area of the city means area of a city that has not good and sufficient equipments and schools with skilled teachers for teaching and instruction that residents of this area live in edging of city.

Research method is causative - and comparative. The sample of research were 100 high school boys (50 people from the up of the city and 50 people from the down of the city) that randomly selected and responded to Cattle's intelligence test “form A” and Zang's anxiety questionnaire. For analyzing the data, “T” independent test were used.

The findings showed that there is meaningful difference in intelligence quotient between two groups. It means that the high school boys who live in up area of the city have more intelligence quotient rather than high school boys who live in the down area of the city. But there is not meaningful difference between two groups anxiety level.