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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On average, studies show that most benefits of private school accrue to children from low income homes.  When you control for family income, most of the benefits of private school disappear.

However, your children are individuals, not averages.  If you have an underachiever or [b]an average student, smaller class sizes and greater personal attention could make a real difference[/b].  i think the wait and see people have the right idea.[/quote]

I agree with the bolded part.  My kids have been in both public and private schools.  They are all in the average to slightly ahead of their peer group.  The personalized attention and small class sizes (15 kids max) were the main benefit that I noticed. I put them in MCPS when we moved to the DC area.  Private school in the rest of the country does not cost 30k per kid.

They are now fine in public school, but it is frustrating to hear a teacher say, "well your son has problems with proactively answering questions, so I never call on him.  I can't prompt him for participation because he is ahead of grade level."

If the private school you are considering has 20+ kids per class, many classes per grade, I'm not sure that it would be worth it for most upper and upper-middle class families.[/quote]

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