I think my son will always be near the top of his high school class (he is currently really high). But we make educational decisions based on his needs not looking at ranking. He actually needs all honors and AP to be happy and you can't get that because some classes don't come honors.
Maybe he will end up valedictorian, maybe not. But he will have gotten the education he wanted. There are 700 kids in his class and only one can be number one. Granted the drop out rate is high and his class will be smaller in 3 years. But still the chance is slim.
