Our high school ranks only the top 10 students. Everyone else’s class rank is reported in deciles. They started that the year our kid was a HS senior.
All high schools send a class profile with applications. This includes the range of GPAs in the graduating class. It’s clear that my kid’s GPA was near the top of the range for her graduating class. Only two kids had weighted GPAs above 4.0…the Val and the Sal.
Because my kid was top 10, her class rank of 8/187 was noted on her transcript.
@bluebayou your DD and mine had very similar GPA, and very similar %ile rank in the class. No grade inflation at your kid’s school either.