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In the US, education is compulsory until 18 (Kindergarten plus 12 years.)
Except only sort of, because you can be a high-school dropout and no one really cares. Or you can get your GED (take a test and get a certification that is in theory equivalent to a diploma, but won't get you into most colleges,) or you can attend any of a number of weird charter schools that let you graduate early but are still technically a real diploma and not a GED. That's what my brother did: flew to California to enroll in a charter school that graduated him a week or so later.
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