I want to average a series of grades (ex: C1 through K1), but want to drop
the lowest score in the series. However if 2 or more grades are the same, I
want to drop only ONE of them. Additionally I wish to have that "dropped"
grade highlighted (conditionally formatted) in the list even though it is not
calculated into the average.

Not very sure, but see whether this returns what you're after:

Try in say, L1: =AVERAGE(LARGE(C1:K1,{1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8}))

And for the Conditional Formatting:

Select C1:K1 (with C1 active)
Put as the cond format formula:
=C1=MIN($C1:$K1)
Format to taste OK out

In the event of ties in the minimum value within C1:K1,
the CF will trigger all occurences
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"MedicEric" wrote in message
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I want to average a series of grades (ex: C1 through K1), but want to drop
the lowest score in the series. However if 2 or more grades are the same,
I
want to drop only ONE of them. Additionally I wish to have that "dropped"
grade highlighted (conditionally formatted) in the list even though it is
not
calculated into the average.

Another suggestions:
=(SUM(C1:K1)-MIN(C1:K1))/8 complete normally with ENTER
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"MedicEric" wrote in message
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I want to average a series of grades (ex: C1 through K1), but want to drop
the lowest score in the series. However if 2 or more grades are the same,
I
want to drop only ONE of them. Additionally I wish to have that "dropped"
grade highlighted (conditionally formatted) in the list even though it is
not
calculated into the average.