My friends don't appreciate me. What should I do?

hey, i am also a highschooler and i am experienced the same problem. my friends always used to mock me and put me down by saying i'm ugly, or call me stupid if they did better on a test then i did. then one day i decided that i deserved friends that are actually going to treat me with a friends. what i first did though before completely ditching them was talking to them about it. one day i told them that the things they told me really offended me and i wanted them to stop. well, like you would expect, they didnt, but the only reason why i did this when i knew the outcome was so they couldn't be mad when i DID leave, and i could say well i asked u to stop and u didnt. i am really into soccer, so i tried out for the highschool team and i made it. i met a lot of cool girls there that liked soccer just like me that i got along with well. try finding a hobby or sport that your into, highschool has many different clubs too. that way, you have a common interest with the people you meet and chances are they'll treat you better. hope this helps :)