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Private School Costs: A Personal Decision Public education, especially in inner cities, has come under fire in recent years. Challengers believe that the public school system has become lax in properly educating students. This sentiment has led many to consider sending their children to private schools instead. Unfortunately, the tuition costs associated with private institutions tend to hinder lower income families from sending their children to private schools. Many feel that school vouchers may be a viable solution to this problem. True School Costs: Public vs. Private Schools To analyze this debate, the true school costs of both public and private schools should be reviewed and compared. Tuition Costs The most obvious difference in school costs between public and private schools is tuition. Since public schools are funded with government money collected from local taxpayers, parents of public school attendees don't have to pay any tuition or fees. Conversely, private schools have to charge tuition to cover their school operating costs. An often-overlooked fact is that theactual tuition cost for private schools can vary greatly from school to school. Mistakenly, people associate tuition fees with costly private schools, leading them to believe that all private schools cost over $10,000 per year. When reviewing the tuition and school costs of military and boarding schools, take into account what the tuition covers. Military schools tend to be expensive because tuition covers the cost of school, lunches, books and sports. Boarding schools have much higher school costs because tuition includes housing, meals and several other amenities, as well as classes, books and sports programs. The Department of Education found the average annual tuition for private elementary schools in the United States to be less than $3,300. Furthermore, statistics show that over 27,000 U.S. private elementary and secondary schools (or 41 percent of all private schools in the nation) charge less than $2,500 in tuition per student each year. Similarly, only about 20 percent of private schools charge more than $5,000 per year in tuition. Clothing Costs: The Uniform Debate Although most public schools have enforced dress codes, only a small percentage currently require students to wear uniforms. This raises the issue of school clothing costs in the comparison between public and private schools. At a military school, uniforms may range from over $1,000 to $2,000 annually. However, the price of uniforms in other private schools tends to be lower. A recent Department of Consumer Affairs' School Uniform Price Survey calculated the highest and lowest prices of a feasible school uniform wardrobe. The survey found that school uniform costs ranged from $29 to $217 for females and $38 to $223 for males. Other independent surveys show that in recent years, the average family whose child was not required to wear a uniform spent about $220 on back to school clothing. This figure may vary greatly from family to family, based on household income and brands purchased. Nevertheless, a number comparison reveals that clothing costs are generally on par at private and public schools (barring military academies, of course). School Activities, Lunches, Supplies and Miscellaneous School Costs Whether a student attends private or public school, school lunches may cost as much as $3.00 a day for high school students. However, the federal National School Lunch Program offers assistance to lower income families. Similarly, both private and public schools tend to require that students purchase supplies ranging from pens and paper to calculators and backpacks. In fact, with budget crises hitting more and more schools, additional costs are being passed on to the student, including fees for sports and other extracurricular activities. In this arena, both private and public school students have to shoulder about the same costs. School Vouchers: True Solution or False Hope? Many believe that school vouchers are the true solution to affordable quality education. The typical amount discussed for school vouchers or tax credits tends to hover around $2,500 per child per year. Yet, opponents of school vouchers claim that amount is too low to adequately cover additional costs. As illustrated above, parents could easily fund the tuition for private schools with $2,500. Generally, the other costs (food, school supplies and uniforms) are the factors that push the costs of schooling above this dollar amount. Other arguments state that the school vouchers would hurt public schools by sending public money to private schools. Studies have shown that the average cost per pupil at a public school is about $6,850. With the cost of school vouchers, public school districts could potentially save about $4,000 per student. This money could be used to improve school programs and decrease costs. The debate over school vouchers isn't only about funding, though. Private schools may have lower standards for teacher certification, standardized testing and other legal requirements than public schools. They're may lack accreditation and be less open to public scrutiny. And unlike public schools, they can choose their students, leaving out underachievers, students with special (and expensive) learning needs and kids with behavioral problems that public schools cannot turn away, thus inflating their student achievement averages. The decision to send children to private or public schools is highly personal, and most people have a strong bias in either direction. Check the costs against your budget, but most of all, carefully assess the needs of your child. A small private school might be a need rather than a luxury.

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