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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t really get this. Parochial schools are much more affordable for this type of situation. Is the issue that many don’t go through high school? You can pick a private education that you can afford. There are price tiers, like there are for every other commodity. Just because you don’t want your kids in a crappy school district, doesn’t mean they need to go to the top school either[/quote]

The issue with parochial school is that you're in for a potentially hard time if your family is not particularly religious.

We are a lapsed Lutheran/culturally Jewish family. We can easily afford parochial, but not not crazy expensive "independent" schools. $400K HHI with two kids.

Which independent schools would be right for us? None that I've been able to identify.

-New poster[/quote]
Many of us (my family included) go to Catholic schools and are not Catholic. It’s not an issue. My child must take some religion type classes but they are more theological in nature. [/quote]

We were looking at a decent catholic HS for our 8th grade private school DS.  Couldn't justify giving $$ to Catholic Church.  So he will be going to a much more expensive private.[/quote]

That's a fair point - I think giving money to the Catholic Church today feels ickier than it did 20 years ago.[/quote]

While a fair point, I don’t think most parochial schools are for profit with the relatively inexpensive tuition they charge. [/quote]

Is it that inexpensive these days?

My senior year tuition at Paul VI was $9,185 in 2004 (so $14,400 in 2022 dollars) and discounts for siblings meant tuition was $22,155 for three kids.

Today it's $23,290 for one kid with no discount for siblings so 61% more expensive (adjusting for inflation) for one kid and ~$70,000/yr instead of $22,155 for three kids. All of that's non-Catholic rate. The Catholics still get a steep discount for siblings.[/quote]

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