I noticed on TV a few weeks ago that a local high school had 40 students with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
When I graduated in 65, I don’t think the valedictorian had a perfect average.
Yes. And you get more points for taking classes at Community College. And you get more points for taking Advanced Placement courses in high school. When my son graduated in the mid-2000’s, the top 20 in his class all had GPAs over 4. You get 5 points for an CC or an AP ‘A’. The top student in his class had actually dropped a CC course he was taking, in the middle of the last semester of his Senior year, because he was getting only a B. He wouldn’t have ranked 1st if he had continued in that course. That way of manipulation of the GPA is really common in high school. He played the game right and did end up with the top honor.
When I was in highschool, they graded us from 0-100. The valedictorian was either 10p or close to it.
I think it was easier to figure out the top student.