Einstein in High School

I'm reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Albert Einstein - Einstein: His Life and Universe. One fact popped out at me and made me laugh.

When Einstein graduated from our equivalent of high school - he finished second in his class. The name of the person who was valedictorian is lost to history but I couldn't help but think of someone back then saying something like, "Yeah Einstein was pretty smart in high school but you should have seen this other guy!"