The NACAC State of College Admission report is not intended to tell an individual student their chances at random college X or what admissions factors random college X uses. They are quite clear about that point. Instead it’s intended to show trends in college admissions, and what portion of colleges/students/GCs have various characteristics.
For example, focusing on the admission factors (there are many other things in the report beyond admission factors), we can see that among the surveyed colleges, the most important admission criteria appear to be grades and strength of curriculum. These were the only 2 factors that the majority of colleges said were “considerable importance.” We can also see that the majority of colleges said the following were at least “moderate importance” – SAT/ACT, essays, GC rec, and LORs (ECs just missed cutoff at 49.3%). This doesn’t mean random college X considers these things, or random college X does not think other things are important. It’s more, the majority of 4-year bachelor’s degree granting colleges in the US say they emphasize these 6 criteria. This is a very different list from what is common in certain other countries.
We can also review trends in how consideration of these factors has changed over time. For example, the trends show the portion of colleges that say class rank is important has been dropping over time. Several years ago, the vast majority of colleges said class rank was at least “moderate importance.” Now most colleges say no influence or limited importance. However, this doesn’t mean random college X won’t care about rank. We can clearly see from the survey that some colleges think rank is important when submitted, and random college X might be among those college.