@Lindagaf, most high schools that rank use some sort of weighted GPA which often only includes academic courses. This makes ranking at least a reasonable estimation of the strongest student. Back in the dark ages I went to a private high school that did not rank, but the GC did circle whether we were in the top 5 or 10% of the class on her form. I’m pretty sure because of ties that there were more than 10% of the students in the top 10%.
@ayyyyyyy, it sounds like your school won’t reveal an exact rank.