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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a status symbol thing - as wealthier and wealthier families move into ARL, they'll shift more and more to private. I don't know why this isn't obvious to you.[/quote]

And yet most families still go public. Even in the priciest neighborhoods. [/quote]

You think? Give us a zip code where you think that is true.[/quote]

22201 - most of my neighborhood still goes to APS. [/quote]

You are correct.

22201: Median HHI is $133,471, with 43% over $150,000. Population 39,240. Enrollment in public school in the zip code is ~3850 of out ~5200 school aged children living in the Zipcode, or ~74%. So most use public schools, but it does not appear that a large percentage could easily afford private school. The 26% who use private schools seems to correlate roughly with the percentage of households that could afford to do so (just a rough assumption, of course, given that the generally more affordable Catholic schools in that diocese educates ~18,400 students).[/quote]

I'm in LV. Many in my neighborhood could afford private, but most still choose to send to APS. 
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