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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]21:13 -- Thank you so much for sharing your ideas in such a thoughtful way!  You say "Jesuit schools attract certain types of Catholic families.".  May I ask what you meant by that?  What types of families?  I am not challenging you; we are looking at schools for our DC, and I am trying to educate myself about options. 
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I didn't post that, but I know what she or he means.

It is generally true -- but certainly not universally true --- that the two Jesuit high schools (Prep and Gonzaga) serve a more economically "upscale" crowd. GP and GZA parents are more likely to be doctors, dentists, lawyers and business owners. Not surprising because these two schools are more expensive that the other Catholic high schools.

Two other observations about the GP and GZA parents -- that might also be true of some of the others -- is that they tend to be old Washington familes who have lived in the area for generations. And they are very frequently "practicing" Catholics who are committed to Catholic education with strong representation from parishes like De Chantal, Mercy, Holy Trinity, St Bart's

St John's in years past served the same group but sort of fell behind in the 80's and 90's. Prep Father's Club meetings in the 1990's sometimes seemed like St John's alumni meetings who would have liked to have sent their kids to St John's if it were the same St John's they attended.

This isn't to say there aren't old Washington families with significant financial resources that send their kids to The Heights or Good Counsel or DeMatha. Or that there aren't people that are new to Washington that send their boys to Prep.

Washington is in many ways the most "balkanized" city I have lived in. The size and strength of the Catholic school "system" is just one indicator.
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