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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in Charlotte and have worked with most of the privates here (as well as Cannon School in Cabarrus County and Gaston Day in Gaston County), including the top K-8s.

I found Latin to be the most insular, and others here have said the same thing. The sort of place that if you didn't go to Latin, the parents who did will have no time for you. Beautiful campus, but hands down my least favorite because it's just so unwelcoming. They put a big premium on lifers, as well.

CCDS is a bit less insular, but definitely a lot of legacy kids like Latin. The middle school is a separate campus from lower and upper school. Some love that and some hate it (although the kids almost universally love it). The closest of the Big 3 to the old money neighborhoods.

PD is big into their sports. Some legacy kids but less than the others. Not quite as close to the center of things, but way closer than Latin.

For K-8s, the two best ones are Trinity Episcopal and Charlotte Prep. TES is downtown ("Uptown") which is super convenient for some people, but very small campus. They take the fact that they're Episcopal seriously; they're the only religious-affiliated top school, and they have weekly chapel and faith studies. Very welcoming, they place kids into CCDS, PD, and Latin for 9th every year. CP is close to PD, and uniquely among top tier privates, they have a Montessori early school and take kids as young as 2. Kids can do Montessori or traditional kindergarten, and then from first grade on is traditional. They also have good outplacement.

Charlotte Christian and Charlotte Catholic are definitely a step below CCDS, PD, and Latin for high school (the Catholics here are...... interesting). I'll admit I have no experience with Davidson Day and British International.[/quote]

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