If you are upper middle class parent, tell me why you sent your kid(s) to private schools?

[Anonymous]

We can afford the education, but it is also a huge financial commit. So want to hear those who are in the similar boat (300k+) and are not ultra rich. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Because I hope it will propel me to extreme generational wealth.

[Anonymous]

Because public was virtual for Covid. We did our two years but are headed back to public now that things are “normal” enough and I’m not worried about virtual school. We make $270 and while we CAN pay for private, it requires trading off things I would rather spend the tuition on.

[Anonymous]

1. $300K + HHI is not upper middle class. Not in the DMV, or virtually anywhere in the USA. $300K is top 9th percentile in MD, top 6th percentile in VA, and top 10th percentile in DC.

2. We make $430K and are sending our kid to private school because we don’t want her wasting time on Chromebook games and state tests. We want her in small classes with teachers who can differentiate instruction. We want her to get the full slate of subjects, rather than math and reading to the detriment of other subjects. We want her to have access to great art and music opportunities. In sum: We can afford to give her a better education, so we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. $300K + HHI is not upper middle class. Not in the DMV, or virtually anywhere in the USA. $300K is top 9th percentile in MD, top 6th percentile in VA, and top 10th percentile in DC.

2. We make $430K and are sending our kid to private school because we don’t want her wasting time on Chromebook games and state tests. We want her in small classes with teachers who can differentiate instruction. We want her to get the full slate of subjects, rather than math and reading to the detriment of other subjects. We want her to have access to great art and music opportunities. In sum: We can afford to give her a better education, so we are.

+1 to point #2 though I disagree with point #1. We are $500k hhi and no fancy vacations or private jets here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. $300K + HHI is not upper middle class. Not in the DMV, or virtually anywhere in the USA. $300K is top 9th percentile in MD, top 6th percentile in VA, and top 10th percentile in DC.

2. We make $430K and are sending our kid to private school because we don’t want her wasting time on Chromebook games and state tests. We want her in small classes with teachers who can differentiate instruction. We want her to get the full slate of subjects, rather than math and reading to the detriment of other subjects. We want her to have access to great art and music opportunities. In sum: We can afford to give her a better education, so we are.

+1 to point #2 though I disagree with point #1. We are $500k hhi and no fancy vacations or private jets here.

I understand that, but when you have an HHI that is so much higher than the vast majority of people, statistically speaking you can’t consider yourself to be anywhere near upper middle class.

[Anonymous]

We did it to avoid Left wing propaganda( CRT and radical views on gender) in public schools...much less in my kids private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. $300K + HHI is not upper middle class. Not in the DMV, or virtually anywhere in the USA. $300K is top 9th percentile in MD, top 6th percentile in VA, and top 10th percentile in DC.

2. We make $430K and are sending our kid to private school because we don’t want her wasting time on Chromebook games and state tests. We want her in small classes with teachers who can differentiate instruction. We want her to get the full slate of subjects, rather than math and reading to the detriment of other subjects. We want her to have access to great art and music opportunities. In sum: We can afford to give her a better education, so we are.

+1 to point #2 though I disagree with point #1. We are $500k hhi and no fancy vacations or private jets here.

Lol how do you disagree with facts?

[Anonymous]

Because I was miserable in my “excellent” public school and wanted a totally different experience for my child.

Well, we got it. He loves school. His teachers know him and care about what he needs in order to learn and thrive. We make less than you - $200k - but it’s been worth every penny.

[Anonymous]

We make $425K and sent our kids for high school because our kids didn't learn to write/reason/think in DCPS.

[Anonymous]

We bought in a place with public options that are not great before we had kids. We considered moving when they were getting to school age but found a charter that we loved. When we got to MS we didn't love our options as much and our HS is not great. And we're not interested in the hassle of moving. So here we are in a private.

[Anonymous]

Oh, and I get it. 300K is a lot of money in most places, and it is a lot of money here. But 50K tuition hurts for HHI of 300K. It's not impossible, but it hurts.

[Anonymous]

We make 325K and live in ACPS and were not willing to move to be zoned for a 'better' elementary school. As a family of color we were not sure that looking at test scores for affluent white students was a good predictor of how our child's experience would go, as we had concerns that teachers would have lower expectations for our kid due to stereotypes and our kid might be assumed to be only capable of performing at the level of many lower income low test scoring students of our race. If we had more time to supplement we probably could have taken that gamble, but we decided not to.

[Anonymous]

Because I wanted my child to learn more then just read and write. I wanted her to learn to self advocate, think outside the box and encouraged to take risks. HHI 225 and we make many sacrifices for her to attend.

[Anonymous]

Because I am a huge snob i believe in elitism. I have a hard time believing something free (public) could be any good.