Our HS’s Naviance shows final graduating GPA, not the 6 semester GPA which many/most students use for college apps. Have your kid ask their counselor what is in Naviance.
This also goes for what’s on each school’s common data set, and is only helpful if you know exactly how a college calculated this GPA…for example, core courses only? Weighted or unweighted? Right off each student’s transcript, regardless weighted or not? Etc. Etc.
Bottom line: average GPA as reported by schools is often not helpful.