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Originally posted by Spanky
I have seen studies on what public schools cost per student and what private schools cost per student, and the private school are always way cheaper. I have seen studies that show Catholic schools spend as little as a third of public schools per student.
Of course it is somewhat unfair because public schools are required to give every student an equal education. So unlike public schools, private schools don't have to set up programs for students that get kicked out or have disabilities.
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I don't know if you are looking at the right numbers Spank, eg the Catholic school cost per student numbers don't normally factour in the subsidy by the diocese, which is substantial in my experience in independent schools. On the independent side, are you sure the number factours in fundraising, i.e. is the cost per student from allocated tuition or allocated tuition plus fundraising dollars? The typical independent school has a several thousand dollar gulf between cost to educate a student and tuition per student, which gulf is bridged by fundraising.
