For the exceptional student public high school has more to offer! Catholic school is geared towards the average student.
Private schools offer a safe learning environment when the available public school is unsafe.
Private schools provide personal attention to individual students that would not be possible in overcrowded public schools.
Both private and public schools have can good to excellent students.
However, many public schools have horrible students that do not want to be there and cause problems for the kids that do want to be there to learn and contribute. The zone you live in dictates number of students that fall into this category.
And when you remove your child from the "bad" kids they have no idea what the real world is like and what real problems are. This is why there is a disconnect with the upper class and the others in this country.
