The happiest, most well-adjusted and fittest kids I know in my neighborhood are home schooled.
That can certainly be a success. However, my larger point was any private education. Parents don’t have to let someone else choose where the children will go to school. They don’t have to let someone else decide what their children will eat.
There are other options. There’s even state virtual schooling, for those who don’t mind the state’s education program in general, but don’t want to play the redistricting-every-year game or want to choose their own meals.