| We've done a blend of public and Catholic. Got the best of both worlds.
We did the local Pre-K Cooperative Kindergarten (2 teachers, 2 parents, 18 children). Very local, very fun and friendly.
Then they went to public Kindergarten through 4th grade. Class sizes there were large, 33 to 35 per class, with 4 classrooms per grade. There were 600 kids in the school which has K-5th grade. A new school was built, but not in time for us. Their enrollment is over 650 now.
We made the jump before middle school started because if we waited, there would not have been an opening. At St. John's, there were 60 kids in each grade, and classes were divided so there would be approximately 20 in each class. They offered programs for "learning differences" for kids with ADD/ADHD and other learning disorders. Perhaps only 4 or 5 for a reading and math class for that program.
And for high school, they attend a small all girls Catholic High School in Baltimore. They love it, I love it. It's very diverse in population, 125 girls per grade, and 100% of the girls go on to college. The local high school has 2600+ students. A little too large for us.
As for the cost, the tuition is as much as college tuition, so we don't take as many Disney trips as we would like until they graduate, but for us, it's worth it.
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