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 loca

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.