the Cost of Private Elementary School Tuition

The price covers one year's tuition for two elementary school students (grades 5 and 6) at a secular private school.

The school also offers education from kindergarten through high school graduation and a variety of after school programs and extracurricular activities. Tuition is the same for each student regardless of grade level, but financial aid is available.

After becoming frustrated with the poor quality of our children's education in the public school, we went looking for a secular private alternative. We didn't really expect to find any in this state and had considered moving to a place where there was one, but to our delight we found just what we were looking for. As an added bonus, they refused government funding, so there was no taint of the public school system anywhere in there, and their teachers had at least a master's degree in the subjects they were teaching (math, chemistry, art, etc.), rather than a degree in "education."

They have a somewhat non-standard curriculum that focuses on critical thinking and teaching them how to learn for themselves. And their academic standards and the quality of the teaching are much higher than what we'd experienced anywhere. The kids seem far more engaged in the material they're learning.

Not only that but the middle schoolers and high schoolers seem far more mature and curious about the world than most I'd met from the local public schools. It might just be the kind of kids that get sent to private schools, but after seeing the changes in our kids, I think we're getting our money's worth.

If you can afford private school for your kids, don't hesitate to do it. Even if you can't afford it, sell your car, sell your house, get a second job, and beg the school for financial aid to meet tuition.