Our tuition is $4,500 per year, but the parents only pay 25%. We raise the money for the rest. As a comparison, the Phiadelphia public school system spends about $15,000 per kid per year. Of course that’s K-12. As I said all of these kids are immigrants and I think they are from two parent families. Our kids come from a very rough neighborhood in Philadelphia so I don't think there is any selection bias. When these kids come in as kindergartners they usually dont speak English. We have a great language arts program. We have 6, 8th graders this year who received a full scholarship to Drexel and each will get an additional$7,500 per year, but they have to maintain their GPA throughout high school. Every one of these is black. By the way, I am not Catholic, but when I toured the school a number of years ago I was just compelled to get involved.
Richard,
Our tuition is $4,500 per year, but the parents only pay 25%. We raise the money for the rest. As a comparison, the Phiadelphia public school system spends about $15,000 per kid per year. Of course that’s K-12. As I said all of these kids are immigrants and I think they are from two parent families. Our kids come from a very rough neighborhood in Philadelphia so I don't think there is any selection bias. When these kids come in as kindergartners they usually dont speak English. We have a great language arts program. We have 6, 8th graders this year who received a full scholarship to Drexel and each will get an additional$7,500 per year, but they have to maintain their GPA throughout high school. Every one of these is black. By the way, I am not Catholic, but when I toured the school a number of years ago I was just compelled to get involved.