Our study population consisted of 422 boys (38.68%) and 669 girls (61.32%). The mean age of the participants was 11.5 +/- 2.11 years. Overall, 929 students reported having a headache at least once in their lifetime, whereas 852 students had at least one episode in the past year. Within the past month, the impact of the headache on children was variable. Almost half of students were occasionally afraid of having an episode (43.5%), while 8.1% were constantly afraid. Of those reporting a headache, 5.7% were constantly prohibited by their parents to engage in activities due to their headaches. Difficulties in concentrations were reported as never (10.2%), sometimes (39.1%), often (24.8%), and always (26%). The majority of students reported “feeling sad” ranging in frequency from sometimes to always. Of importance, most of students struggled to cope with their headaches, whereas 22.4% were never able to cope. In addition, 19.4% of students reported not wanting others to notice their headache.