4 ms·
what about the (vast majority) school districts that spend less than private schools?
by gohrt 10y ago
what about the (vast majority) school districts that spend less than private schools?
- DrScump 10y agoYour data for this is... ? I would guess that a majority of private schools are parochial/religious in orientation and actually spend less per student than nearby public schools (partially due to payrolls).
- dnautics 10y agoMost private schools are pretty expensive, so I would bet that most school districts, spend less than the median private school. But that's not my claim. My claim was that most of the crappiest public school districts (CPS, DCPS, NYPS, LAUSD) spend more than it would cost to send the students to a competitive [to the district itself] private school. CPS: Per-pupil cost, $14k. Archdiocese of chicago: $7k NYPS: Per-pupil cost, $19k DCPS: Per-pupil cost, $18k LAUSD: Per-pupil cost, $15k (official, 7k, a rediculous number, but independent McKenna college researchers estimate 15k) These costs don't include capital costs. An independent estimate including capital costs for LAUSD suggests $30k/pupil.