<p>It might not hurt for you to point out the competitiveness of your high school in the "Optional section." You can say even though your GPA would have been much higher at your local school, you were looking for more of a challenge in high school... This high school's average blahblahblah..</p>
<p>Since it's a new school...probably not. My school is pretty well known, almost notorious. If a lot of alumni from your high school went to that college the adcoms would quickly recognize your school.</p>