The aim of this research was to correlate the levels of depression in adolescents with noncompliant behaviors. A sample of 216 sophomore students, 41.7% male and 58.7% females, was collected from urban and rural Iowa high schools. Eligibility criteria included the student being currently enrolled in tenth grade, either fifteen or sixteen years old, and, as an indicator of a possible risk factor, that the student have at least one friend who smokes cigarette. The data for this study were provided by a grant-funded investigation designed to explore biological markers for smoking in adolescents and various health risk behaviors. First, the status of disruptive behaviors was determined by frequency of occurrence. The study analyzed five school behaviors which included: if the student skipped or ditched class, cut classes more than three times, has been suspended from school, has been expelled, challenges parents or teachers or if the student has cheated on a test or in school work.  Second, depression was measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire.  The depression scale was used to consider how depression was associated with the number of behaviors these adolescents presented in school. Third, a correlation between both variables was obtained. Results provided a 0.272 correlation coefficient at the 0.01 level, indicating a statistically significant and positive relationship between variables.