What percentage of your HHI goes to tuition?

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Anonymous wrote:So are there some cheap schools or is everyone making $1M+. If tuition is 50k/yr and you have 2 kids amd that is 5% of income - as many here claim - then you make $2M. I'm not believing people here. We make 800k with 2 kids - 13% - and no, we're not stretched - we know how to budget our money.

The large majority of private schools in the US are Catholic or Christian, and those cost roughly half what a true independent cost. Taking that into account, some of the percentages are more plausible. That said, it is still a stretch for most.

We make over 5 million/year, so yes. And there are many people like us and many who make much more…

I’m quoted PP, and my response back is “so what”? You are in the small minority in the general public and in private schools. I’m actually not even sure what your point.

I think they just wanted to share that they make over 5 million a year. lol.

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And I immediately wanted to give them a cookie and have my photo taken with them.

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Anonymous wrote:So are there some cheap schools or is everyone making $1M+. If tuition is 50k/yr and you have 2 kids amd that is 5% of income - as many here claim - then you make $2M. I'm not believing people here. We make 800k with 2 kids - 13% - and no, we're not stretched - we know how to budget our money.

Lots of real private school families make over $1m.

Not lots, few make that - stats are stats - lies are lies. More people say they do than is statistically possible, even for DC.

The stats actually do support that a ton of people in the region make over $1M. HHI top 1% in DC is 1.24M as of 2025. That alone is 7,000 households in DC proper alone and that's *just* HHI -- that doesn't take into account those who have family money and for whom HHI is irrelevant. And then you add in Maryland and Virginia and you have thousands of families for whom HHI is over $1M, many of whom frequent DCUM.

Separate this by age, family size and boil it down to the homes that have school aged children. Maybe if you're lucky there are 1000 households. Assume each of those has 1.5 children. There are approximately 20k students in DC enrolled in private school. That means at those schools 7-8% are in that bucket - yet SO MANY RESPONDERS say they are in that bucket. It just doesn't add up. Like 40% of this board says they make 7 figures. If they do that that big job, why are they here posting?

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Anonymous wrote:So are there some cheap schools or is everyone making $1M+. If tuition is 50k/yr and you have 2 kids amd that is 5% of income - as many here claim - then you make $2M. I'm not believing people here. We make 800k with 2 kids - 13% - and no, we're not stretched - we know how to budget our money.

Lots of real private school families make over $1m.

Not lots, few make that - stats are stats - lies are lies. More people say they do than is statistically possible, even for DC.

The stats actually do support that a ton of people in the region make over $1M. HHI top 1% in DC is 1.24M as of 2025. That alone is 7,000 households in DC proper alone and that's *just* HHI -- that doesn't take into account those who have family money and for whom HHI is irrelevant. And then you add in Maryland and Virginia and you have thousands of families for whom HHI is over $1M, many of whom frequent DCUM.

Separate this by age, family size and boil it down to the homes that have school aged children. Maybe if you're lucky there are 1000 households. Assume each of those has 1.5 children. There are approximately 20k students in DC enrolled in private school. That means at those schools 7-8% are in that bucket - yet SO MANY RESPONDERS say they are in that bucket. It just doesn't add up. Like 40% of this board says they make 7 figures. If they do that that big job, why are they here posting?

+1 on stats not favoring this many people making multi-millions. That said, I really do have a very big job and spend too much time on this board even during work hours

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Anonymous wrote:So are there some cheap schools or is everyone making $1M+. If tuition is 50k/yr and you have 2 kids amd that is 5% of income - as many here claim - then you make $2M. I'm not believing people here. We make 800k with 2 kids - 13% - and no, we're not stretched - we know how to budget our money.

Lots of real private school families make over $1m.

Not lots, few make that - stats are stats - lies are lies. More people say they do than is statistically possible, even for DC.

The stats actually do support that a ton of people in the region make over $1M. HHI top 1% in DC is 1.24M as of 2025. That alone is 7,000 households in DC proper alone and that's *just* HHI -- that doesn't take into account those who have family money and for whom HHI is irrelevant. And then you add in Maryland and Virginia and you have thousands of families for whom HHI is over $1M, many of whom frequent DCUM.

Separate this by age, family size and boil it down to the homes that have school aged children. Maybe if you're lucky there are 1000 households. Assume each of those has 1.5 children. There are approximately 20k students in DC enrolled in private school. That means at those schools 7-8% are in that bucket - yet SO MANY RESPONDERS say they are in that bucket. It just doesn't add up. Like 40% of this board says they make 7 figures. If they do that that big job, why are they here posting?

And then factor in that this site is still fairly obscure.

Liars and SAHMs that don’t actually know what their HHI is.

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Anonymous wrote:So are there some cheap schools or is everyone making $1M+. If tuition is 50k/yr and you have 2 kids amd that is 5% of income - as many here claim - then you make $2M. I'm not believing people here. We make 800k with 2 kids - 13% - and no, we're not stretched - we know how to budget our money.

Lots of real private school families make over $1m.

Not lots, few make that - stats are stats - lies are lies. More people say they do than is statistically possible, even for DC.

The stats actually do support that a ton of people in the region make over $1M. HHI top 1% in DC is 1.24M as of 2025. That alone is 7,000 households in DC proper alone and that's *just* HHI -- that doesn't take into account those who have family money and for whom HHI is irrelevant. And then you add in Maryland and Virginia and you have thousands of families for whom HHI is over $1M, many of whom frequent DCUM.

Separate this by age, family size and boil it down to the homes that have school aged children. Maybe if you're lucky there are 1000 households. Assume each of those has 1.5 children. There are approximately 20k students in DC enrolled in private school. That means at those schools 7-8% are in that bucket - yet SO MANY RESPONDERS say they are in that bucket. It just doesn't add up. Like 40% of this board says they make 7 figures. If they do that that big job, why are they here posting?

.... but the number is smaller because not all those houses send their kids to private school. Maybe if you include the grandparents paying you can get to 7%, but the family themselves aren't that wealthy.

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About 30% for us and we both work full time. 3 kids in private, each about 50k. Make too much for aid, so here we are. We manage but have very little cushion- no fancy cars, clothes, but otherwise no regrets as it is working well for our kids.

[Anonymous]

DCUM attracts many posters from outside of the DMV now. Not sure why they are here and not Reddit.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM attracts many posters from outside of the DMV now. Not sure why they are here and not Reddit.

Is there a requirement that you have to currently live in DMV to weigh in on a question that applies to everyone?