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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Sidwell tuition for the middle and upper school looks like it's similar to other schools only because, as a PP stated, the lower grades pay the same tuition as the higher grades. If they continued the typical practice of private schools, having the lower school pay less than middle school and upper school paying more than both, then the upper school tuition would be dramatically higher than for similar schools. This would make the school look bad.

What's worse for lower school parents and students, despite paying a much higher tuition compared to other lower schools, the class size is larger than most lower schools. Sidwell starts with a class of 24 to 2 , compared to less than 20 to 2 for most private lower schools. [/quote]

No. After K most privates are 14-18:1 so Sidwell's ratio and grouping structure is actually better at 12:1.[/quote]

Wrong. All of the private schools I'm familiar with in this area have student teacher ratio in lower grades of 10 to 1 or less. There may be some with the ratios you stated but that is not typical. I don't know one private with 18 students per teacher in lower grades. Sidwell is the only school I know of that has high ratio 24 to 2 even in K.[/quote]

I am not wrong. Potomac has 16-18:1 for grades 1-6. Sheridan has 12-13:1. Maret has about 14:1 after K. And I know there are others too.[/quote]

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