The experiences in private school really depend on the specific school, but after much consideration and tours before elementary, middle, and again high school, DD ultimately decided to stick with public. She is an "above-average" student, in level four AAP, and Algebra 1 HN as a seventh grader. She felt that the private schools we toured (we did not consider BASIS) didn't surround her with the same amount of classmates her year in the same classes. (She didn't want to take A2 HN with all juniors) and she got a healthy mix of freshman and sophomores in public. Additionally, she's a student-athlete so a lot of schools didn't offer stable programs in field hockey and softball, like public schools did. We looked at Christian schools and secular schools, but decided that a lot of the religious schools didn't provide as rigorous an education as public. However, that doesn't say that small, private schools aforementioned don't yield bad results. We know others that have graduated form those types of schools to be accepted into UVA, Westpoint, Georgetown, etc.

-People can take Algebra earlier than seventh. My DD had a friend who took it in fifth, but this is VERY rare and her friend was incredibly ahead of her peers.
-DD took it in seventh. She wasn't the best at math in elementary school, but did good on her Iowa test and qualified.
-The experience really depends on the school. Seems like kids at Rocky Run had a much harder experience with smart kids getting B- s, Bs, B+s. Longfellow kids seemed okay, but they mostly all had tutors. Carson kids had it best, they all mostly got A-s, As.
- In HS teachers recommend taking AP Stat over multi-calc and linear algebra

DD is planning out her junior year. She is taking at least four AP classes (core classes). BC Calc, AP Physics, APUSH, and AP Lang. This is what her classmates are taking and what she wants to take. However, she is also considering Spanish 4, AP Macro/Micro Economics, or Entrepreneurship 1 DE. Are DE classes as heavy as AP's? She's never taken DE's before, only AP. Have any of yours ever taken this courseload? On top, she plays a travel sport a few days a week with tourneys bi-weekendly , volunteers once a week, and will play a spring varsity sport for her school.