Age Dropped Out: 15
Reason: Despite his success as an actor and the recognition he has earned for the many roles he has played in Tim Burton Films, Johnny Depp dropped out of high school to become a rocker. Though it didn't quite pan out that way, he still keeps his passion for music as a hobby and will even hop on stage with some awesome bands ever now and then... The Black Keys at the MTV Movie Awards, anyone?
Age Dropped Out: 16
Reason: Between competing in the Junior Olympics and the Washington state swimming championships, the two-time Oscar winner just didn't have time for high school. She dropped out and landed her first big break on "The Next Karate Kid."
Year Dropped Out: 12th Grade
Reason: After being scarred by his parents' divorce and realizing he did not quite have enough credits to walk as it was, the withdrawn rocker left high school two weeks before graduation. Turns out Nirvana's front man didn't need high school classes to write legendary rock hits anyway.
Reason: What's better than being a two-time Homecoming Queen nominee? Well, Jessica Simpson can certainly answer that question -- a record deal. The singer ended up dropping out of JJ Pearce High School after being signed to Columbia Records. But don't worry, she later earned a GED so she has no more excuses for not knowing the tuna is, in fact, the chicken of the sea
Age Dropped Out: 13 or 14
Reason: It's no secret the singer-turned-actor had a rough childhood growing up in Boston. In his early teen years, Wahlberg had already had exposure to drugs and alcohol and was developing a pretty serious cocaine problem. Dropping out of high school came next, but the successful star has not just gotten clean -- he actually went back to pursue the high school
Age Dropped Out: 15
Reason: While her song "Teenage Dream" included nothing about leaving high school a couple years before graduation, the California girl dropped her studies at Santa Barbara Don Pueblos High School to pursue her own teenage dreams. The former Christian music signer moved to Los Angeles to make it big, got her GED and has since made a couple hit albums along the
Reason: Neither military school nor public high school could make "The Godfather" himself an offer he couldn't refuse. After being expelled from one high school for riding his motorcycle through the halls, the Oscar-winner was put on probation at his subsequent military school. Unable to make it into the military due to a knee injury sustained
Year Dropped Out: 10th Grade
Reason: Looks like this rocker's daughter is having the last laugh now -- she said goodbye to school two years early after struggling from being bullied about her weight. In addition, the family traveled a lot so she decided starring on one of the first hit reality shows, "The Osbournes" and releasing her debut album were better alternatives.
Age Dropped Out: 17
Reason: Before changing his name to "Cage," the Oscar-winning actor was a Coppola, who left Beverly Hills High School to carry on the good name of his uncle Francis Ford -- the director behind famous films such as "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now."
Age Dropped Out: 13
Reason: According to the "Twilight" saga star, her teachers (not one, but all of them, she specified) failed her. The young actress said she had serious academic ambitions when she was growing up and opted to leave and go for homeschooling instead to at least receive her GED.
Year Dropped Out: 9th Grade
Reason: Leave it to the eccentric director behind films such as "Inglorious Basterds" and "Django Unchained" to be confident enough to drop out of Narbonne High School for feeling like he could teach himself more than the public school system could. Though with highly-regarded successes like "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs," we're not arguing.
Year Dropped Out: 11th Grade
Reason: Just a year and a half short of graduating, Lilo decided to take the child stardom she earned from "The Parent Trap" and run with it. The former child star started getting homeschooled before being offered a leading role in her career high film -- 2004's "Mean Girls."
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