<p>At the independent school I work at, we do not rank (less than 100 students in a class) nor do we practice grade inflation (top GPA is typically around 3.75 - with an average closer to 3.2 - with a very tough grading scale (A=95% or more)). We weight but only to a small extent (.25 points for AP). </p>
<p>Ranking is destructive in encouraging students to challenge themselves and disadvantages those in the lower half who, would be among the top students at most public schools in our area.</p>
<p>We simply report quintiles - and most of our first, second and third quintiles have no problems getting admitted to the Barron’s most competitive or highly competitive + colleges. Our fourth and fifth quintiles always have some students who are admitted to the most competitive or highly competitive + colleges - and typically all are admitted at least at a highly competitive college.</p>
<p>not ranking does not disadvantage anyone IMO.</p>