My kids are not in a private school, but I did check once. Google is your friend.
If I recall, the Catholic high school in Carmel Valley was about 10K per year for the first kid. I think there are multi-kid discounts. Private middle schools ranged from well over 10K up to 20K per year per child. Bishop was on the high end.
Personally, I think UC schools would be just as good, if not better then private. Check old threads for discuissions about this.
Private school for anything earlier than Jr. High seems a total waste to me.
I think the most important thing you want in a school is “no violence.” Other than that, is it really going to change your kids life that much ?
Sometimes private schools can attract kids and families that don’t “fit in” very well. Some parents have kids with behavior problems, but are in denial, and pull their kids into private school, as if it is the school’s fault for suggesting the kid may have some well-documented condition.
Some speculate that private school parents feel they can buy special treatment for their kids.
Sometimes class sizes at private schools can creep up a little higher than you might want, too.
I just think paying to get into a school with higher test scores by spending an extra 60 to 90 minutes in the car every is too much to pay.
Send them to a marginal school in Clairemont and spend half of your extra hour reading to them and they’ll be better off than in any Poway school.
