Private schools don't necessarily spend any more per student on teaching than public schools do. Mine spent less, though I got more out of it. One of the diffe

Private schools don't necessarily spend any more per student on teaching than public schools do. Mine spent less, though I got more out of it. One of the differentiators, I think, is that only parents who actually care about education spend >$10k/year on something they could get for free. Most of the children attending have significant support from their parents and come from stable homes.