50 years ago, my HS had three students with four years of straight A’s and a 4.0 GPA. The girl was named valedictorian. And so we ended up with the first Home Ec track valedictorian in school history.
A nearby even small town than ours had maybe a half dozen graduates. Because their valedictorian and salutatorian were both boys, they named the only girl in the class as High Ranking Girl per tradition. Some got upset because she was in special ed.