How to make the term valedictorian meaningless

I never liked honor roll since middle school. Literally 2/3 of the students are in honor roll that not being in honor roll makes you doubt about your brain’s capabilities.

What’s the point of being in “honor roll”(more like normal roll) if a kid with the easiest As- who would otherwise miserably fail in harder classes-can get same “reward” while other smart kids in harder classes actually worked hard to get “same” GPA?? I don’t care about middle school but high schools must raise the bar of “honor roll” so that it becomes something that is actually meaningful.