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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of this is school-specific.  One way to frame the question is to look at a particular private school and ask how many students leave the private school each year for public.  And then ask how many public school students arrive as new transfers each year at the private school.

At my own kids' school, over a combined 9 years of experience, one child has left for public school.  Without looking at class lists, I'm not sure the exact count on how many have transferred in from public schools, but I'd guess it's something like 6-10 (the rest having transferred in from other private schools).

I'm not saying all those people are correct in choosing to leave public school for private; maybe some are making a foolish choice.  But I'd generally give them the benefit of the doubt that after having experienced their public schools, and having met with a variety of private school options, they choose private school.

Also, I recognize that just as each private school is different (some better, some not), there is variety among public schools.  So maybe a more rigorous examination would be to look at the general quality of the public schools the students transfer from.[/quote]

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