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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]APS enrollment has declined due to the fact it blows.[/quote]

APS enrollment has declined due to the fact that young families cannot afford to live here.[/quote]

Private school applications are up. Many families are staying in Arlington but modifying their plans for education.[/quote]

This. When you can afford $3m for a house, private school is NBD. [/quote]

How many $3m homes are in Arlington?  [/quote]

Not PP, but go look on Redfin if you’re curious.

But also, there are several families in my neighborhood that have chosen private school, despite not living in 3 million dollar homes.

They’ve chosen to drive older cars, take fewer vacations, etc in order to give their children better educational opportunities. [/quote]

I did look (on Zillow).  My point was that $3M and $3M+ houses are a relatively small portion of Arlington housing, so I don't think private school applications are up just because some Arlington families have $$$, or even because more Arlington families have $$$.

Plenty of people who could pay for private choose not to.  As you point out, plenty of people in < $3M houses pay for private.  I understand the temptation to generalize that people pay for private when they have a lot of money, but I think the decisions are more nuanced than that.

I'm skeptical of the assertion that private applications are up.  I doubt private schools publish that info.  I could be wrong.  If anyone has a link to this data, that would be interesting.[/quote]

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