Questions about private schools (discounting colleges/universities)

What are the benefits of sending your kids to private elementary/middle/high school? Would love for those that attended to come in and give their input.

A couple of my college friends went to private high schools. They were pretty pricey, and they admittedly say they didn't learn anything special. They didn't get networked up with high paying jobs off the bat, and pretty much are regular white collar workers like most post college cats.

I understand the point of private colleges/universities with the elite ranking and networking factors so that's why I excluded them.

A couple of the women (middle class at best, not exec level personnel here) at work have their 7-10 year old kids in private schools. It's around $500 per month and you have work to do. They have some sort of fundraising almost monthly, be it selling chocolates or magazines, and you have to sell a certain amount. The parents are also required to volunteer certain hours per year, be it field trips or some other activities. If you don't accrue enough hours then you have to 'buy' the hours.


I've never been in a private school so this all sounds so gimmicky to me. First thought was actually "Fresh Prince" At $500 a month, I would rather start a college fund for the kid, and send him/her to a really prestige university. The money would add up quick, especially at the age of 7-10. I think the most important variable is the child him/herself on how far they want to learn. I know some kids that came from the public school system that are extremely bright and use whatever free resources were available to aid them.

I'd say it probably depends on the school, but I went to catholic school from 1st grade all the way through high school. I didn't learn anything special, trust me.

The one year I was in private school I think I ended up learning less than people at public school.

i went to catholic school from K-12, but most of my friends are frm public schools

-smaller classes

-less fights

-harder to skip class without parents knwing

-not having to worry bout buying new clothes often.

it really depends on which school you decide tho, the schools i went to werent as glamorous as others. My highschool didnt have the other classes that public or other private schools offer i.e. cooking, woodshop etc

I went to a catholic private school in NYC. The junior high school was pretty cheap becuase of alumni and silent donators. For high school I remember my fam had to pay about 6 grand a year.

The benefits was the resources and the class environment compared to nyc public school. Me personally if I didn't got to private school and learn some form of discipline and responsibility I'll be dealing drugs, dead or doing a bid, but that's becuase I was a bad young kid. Same **** is learned and not learned in both private and public schools and the same **** goes down. But for me I would put my kids in private school

my mom sends my sister to a private catholic school because the school they are districted for, Morgan Park High School, is not very good, at least from what I'm told. a lot of the neighborhood they live in goes the Catholic route. i think she pays about $400 per month.