[extropy-chat] real cheap education

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> At 04:24 PM 1/11/2005 -0800, Acy wrote:
> 
> >According to my information, the government spends more than twice
> as much 
> >per student annually as the best private schools. Reducing that tax
> burden 
> >would foster a flourishing private school industry.
> 
> 
> Let's see: http://www.cobras.org/usastats.htm
> 
> EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
> 
> - EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS:  $757 per resident
> 
> - PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES:  $4,509 per pupil
> 
> 
> So the *best* private schools manage to charge less than half that?
> Wow.

This are faked numbers. They don't include infrastructure costs that
are generally hidden in the comprehensive town or school district
reports.

http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/Misc/PNPublicEducationSpending2004-6.htm

Washington State admits here that for it's 1 million K-12 students, it
spends $9 billion ($9,000 per student), and that:

"Private vs. Public School Expenditures

The 80,985 K-12 private school students in Washington made up seven
percent of the total K-12 students in Washington in 2003. In the
Seattle school district, the largest in the state, the proportion of
private school students was significantly higher - 15,190 out of 47,853
(32%). 

While the administration of private schools is different from public
schools, their costs per student can be one indicator to judge public
education expenditures. About 36% of overall private school students in
Washington attend Catholic schools (aprox. 29,000 Catholic school
students in 2002-03). The average actual cost for educating a child at
a Catholic elementary or high school in Western Washington is $7,696,
about $2,000 less than the $9,454 spent per K-12 public school student
in Washington. The average actual cost for educating a child at a
Catholic school in Eastern Washington is $4,128 and in Central
Washington it is $4,170, both about $5,000 less than is spent for
public school students.

The Washington Federation of Independent Schools surveyed 122 private
and religious schools in Washington about the 2003-04 school year. The
Federation found that the average private school tuition in Washington
for grades 1-4 was $5,095, the average tuition for grades 5-8 was
$6,109 and the average tuition for high school was $8,249. The survey
also asked whether the tuition covered the school's actual costs per
student. Twenty-six percent of schools reported that their actual cost
was at or below their tuition, 53% reported that their actual cost was
between $1 and $1,500 more than their tuition, and 21% reported that
their actual cost was more than $1,500 higher than their tuition. "




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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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