Class Rank: is competitiveness of High School considered for merit aid

Yes we are looking at small LACs but only ones that we know offer merit aid. D3 is where she is best to be recruited. I just found a stat sheet for her high school and its in line with her stats - 4.4 is in the top 30%. Top 10% = 4.68-4.57, top 20% is 4.56 - 4.45.
The median GPA for 2018-2019 is 4.02.