[dfwgator]

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

[SkyDancer]

It’s because they’re not overloaded with administrators and administrator assistance and assistant to the assistance; and teacher assistance with assistance. And we’re not even talking about office staff with their assistants. I read where over half of a public schools money goes to staff payroll.

[Seruzawa]

LOL! Private schools don’t have 3 administrators for every teacher.

[Paine in the Neck]

Except you have to play for both since private schoolers still have to pay public school taxes. And, even with that, private school is still a better deal in many cases.

[Grampa Dave]

Depends on the private schools.

The three Catholic private schools, I’m familiar with neighbor kids attending and two of our younger relatives have a basic $20,000 fee per year, That is only a down payment as all types of expenses are charged after admittance.

[factoryrat]

Depends on the “private” school. And, your property and state income taxes still pay for public schools. You are NOT exempt from paying for public schools if you homeschool or send your kids to public schools.

[Original Lurker]

Public schools are Satan’s American masterpiece.

[Yo-Yo]

The entire report is available here.

Only 13% of Michigan private schools are not affiliated with some religious institution, so direct student costs may be misleading, as the schools may receive subsidies from their parent religious organization.

[G Larry]

Private school savings:

Less Administration
No Unions
Less grandiose facilities
Focused curricula

[whiterhino]

I find for my state, the costs are close to the same per pupil, but the quality is way better in private schools for numerous reasons.

To check your state costs, go here for private school estimates: www.privateschoolreview.com/tuition-stats/private-school-cost-by-state

And here for public school estimates by state: http://www.governing.com/gov-data/education-data/state-education-spending-per-pupil-data.html

or duckduckgo (not google) your own sites if you don't like these.

[Sam Gamgee]

I once saw some stats on Catholic schools. They spend 40% of what a public school would and turn out better test results.