Winnetka, Wilmette, Kenilworth??

[Anthera]

Originally Posted by hsw

Would be logic I'd use before first heard of the new "dynamics" of upscale public schools...

Interestingly, heard of this from colleagues who were alums of BH public schools; live in BH now; and have school-age kids...one of their neighbors had a middle-school daughter severely beaten by a bunch of girl gangster-wannabes, whose parents presumably worked diligently to enroll in BH schools....how the world changes...

But Greenwich, PaloAlto and BeverlyHills public schools have similar dynamic, as all these prominent regions have poor areas in parts of town, and many affluent residents simply opt for private schools to protect their kids' physical safety...generous donations to college of choice solve the college admissions nonsense efficiently anyway....

Would be curious what % of Winnetka/LF families w/$10MM+ houses send their kids to public schools vs private....

IMO, most private HS are prob academically inferior to best public HS, but a dead/maimed kid is a risk most don't want to assume, even if risks are supposedly small....

Honestly, NT had not had any incidents like that. It would have been all over the news here. Maybe Chicago has a different demographic, or maybe the percentage of underprivledged at NT is lower. I've done both NT and private HS. I know the Pritzker kids went to NT, though they didn't live in a 10mm house by any means. Some of the wealthiest families in the NS live in (although very nice) relatively modest homes.


By private HS are you including boarding schools? They usually have higher academic standards than regular private HS. A LFA or WA needs to be competitively nationally, or they wouldn't get enough boarders. We're lucky here since we have two boarding/day schools in the area.

[SloopyJ]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

I've heard a rumor that Evanston Township High School actually spends more per student than New Trier. Is this the case? Of course Meeks and friends couldn't protest at ETHS because there are a lot of black students there!

According to the Chicago Magazine issue on high schools, ETHS does indeed have the highest per-student spending in the metro area. Also interesting, as I've mentioned before on these pages, is that ETHS' non-minority student body scores better, on average, on the ACT than does NT's non-minority student body. But because ETHS's minority students are overwhelmingly low-income, they don't score as well and bring ETHS's average scores way down.