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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have two kids in a NYC private and make about $1.5m HHI combined with a nw of $8m. [b]While we can afford it I maintain that it’s not a great value. The kids would be 100% fine in our local halfway decent public.[/b][/quote]

Appreciate you're admitting this!

The great value comes from the connections your children are going to have.

I'm from nyc as well...[/quote]

Being surrounded by kids of a high SES and high involved and invested parents is absolutely beneficial.

However our main driver was the class sizes. My kids went from chaotic inclusion classes of 25-29 kids to differentiated classrooms with a maximum of 12 kids to 1 teacher. This year my sons Spanish class has 7 kids. The amount of attention my kids get and how much feedback they get on their work is incredible. It's impossible to slip through the cracks.

Our small private school sends more kids to Ivy league schools each year than the entire public school system we are mapped to. It also shows in our average SAT scores which are way higher than our local GS8 rated public even if you control for and pull out the FARMS and ELA kids.

Private school kids are no smarter, but the individualized learning and focused classes go a long way. [/quote]

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