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Private schools. Grade inflation in private schools is even worse, since they don’t want to risk a parent pulling their kid (and losing the $10,000s in annual

Private schools. Grade inflation in private schools is even worse, since they don’t want to risk a parent pulling their kid (and losing the $10,000s in annual tuition fees that parent pays).

pandaman 4y ago
The article is about public schools in the LAUSD.
- Retric 4y ago
  The even worse bit suggested that looking at public schools might not be sufficient. There are rigorous private schools, but many are abysmal.
yumraj 4y ago
Where in the US are private schools charging just $10K for tuition?
- Retric 4y ago
  Nationwide the average K-12 Catholic school is 10.2k. https://research.com/universities-colleges/average-cost-of-private-school-by-state https://research.com/universities-colleges/average-cost-of-p... Overall: “The average yearly tuition at one of the 22,440 private K-12 schools in the United States is $12,350 in 2021. This includes the average tuition at a private high school of $16,040 and the average tuition at a private elementary school of $7,630 (Hanson, 2021).” https://research.com/universities-colleges/average-cost-of-private-school-by-state https://research.com/universities-colleges/average-cost-of-p... It also gives a breakdown of expensive and cheap states.
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  - yamtaddle 4y ago
    Can confirm, in the great expanse of flyover country it's mostly relatively-cheap Catholic schools (most not especially good, but sometimes better than the local public schools, if those are unusually bad), things like Montessori schools that cover grade school ages as well as preschool (and sometimes even handle high school) and come in around that price and are very hit or miss, non-Catholic religious schools that are almost all bad and are around that price, and a few schools that are at least trying to be what the rich mostly-coastal prep-type schools are (those are like $30k-50k/yr, not counting boarding if applicable) that are in the $15k-$35k range, generally (day rates). My city has (I think) six of the last type (but not all are full k-12, some are high school only, and two are actually Catholic but they're the better variety than the common ones, and pricier)—and I'd say 20 or more of the cheaper varieties, with most of those being religious schools. Drags the average down.
notwokeno 4y ago
That doesn't seem right. Homeschoolers are required to take standard tests at the end of every year. I'd imagine private schools are the same and the truth would come out then.
- gpt5 4y ago
  Private schools are not required to take those standard tests (at least in California). In addition, there is a very strong bias to wealthier students in private school, and these students tend to score above average in any case, so these schools would perform well enough.

Private schools. Grade inflation in private schools is even worse, since they don’t want to risk a parent pulling their kid (and losing the $10,000s in annual tuition fees that parent pays).

pandaman 4y ago

The article is about public schools in the LAUSD.

Retric 4y ago
The even worse bit suggested that looking at public schools might not be sufficient. There are rigorous private schools, but many are abysmal.

yumraj 4y ago

Where in the US are private schools charging just $10K for tuition?

Retric 4y ago
Nationwide the average K-12 Catholic school is 10.2k. https://research.com/universities-colleges/average-cost-of-private-school-by-state https://research.com/universities-colleges/average-cost-of-p... Overall: “The average yearly tuition at one of the 22,440 private K-12 schools in the United States is $12,350 in 2021. This includes the average tuition at a private high school of $16,040 and the average tuition at a private elementary school of $7,630 (Hanson, 2021).” https://research.com/universities-colleges/average-cost-of-private-school-by-state https://research.com/universities-colleges/average-cost-of-p... It also gives a breakdown of expensive and cheap states.
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- yamtaddle 4y ago
  Can confirm, in the great expanse of flyover country it's mostly relatively-cheap Catholic schools (most not especially good, but sometimes better than the local public schools, if those are unusually bad), things like Montessori schools that cover grade school ages as well as preschool (and sometimes even handle high school) and come in around that price and are very hit or miss, non-Catholic religious schools that are almost all bad and are around that price, and a few schools that are at least trying to be what the rich mostly-coastal prep-type schools are (those are like $30k-50k/yr, not counting boarding if applicable) that are in the $15k-$35k range, generally (day rates). My city has (I think) six of the last type (but not all are full k-12, some are high school only, and two are actually Catholic but they're the better variety than the common ones, and pricier)—and I'd say 20 or more of the cheaper varieties, with most of those being religious schools. Drags the average down.

notwokeno 4y ago

That doesn't seem right. Homeschoolers are required to take standard tests at the end of every year. I'd imagine private schools are the same and the truth would come out then.

gpt5 4y ago
Private schools are not required to take those standard tests (at least in California). In addition, there is a very strong bias to wealthier students in private school, and these students tend to score above average in any case, so these schools would perform well enough.