I Live in NYC and im a sophomore in high school.
Basically, my real goal in life is to become a successful entrepreneur or a businessman/salesman. My grades in school arent the best and to be honest i know that getting a high school diploma is the bare minimum that i need. I had a decent part time job that paid $11 an hour now it is $13 an hour because of ny minimum wage however i had to recently quit it to give a little bit more effort in school. My idea is that i would switch out traditional high school for online highschool. My reasoning would be that the courses would be easier and i could finish my highschool diploma faster. Also if i were to do it, i could work 5 hours a day at my part time and make over 30-40k in the next two year of "highschool". Makes sense or no, i do not need the money, but it would certianlty help if i were to open a business. Also both traditional and online can still lead me to a college in worst case scenario.
On one hand, I would say that it you should make the most of the time you have in high school to build connections and learn as much as you can. High school is a great time in your life that only happens once. On the other hand, you seem to know what you want to do and how to get there. Many successful entrepreneurs focused on working early in life at the expense of everything else.
Why not open an online business? Ideally you could stay in your current school and work on it from class. The idea of $13 as a teenager is great, but in the long run you could make more with a business.