<p>@SteveMA - you are flat out wrong. There are academics, and there are values - private schools have much more latitude on what they can teach and recognize. That’s (one of) the benefits of private education.</p>
<p>Most of the most elite, private, religious k-12 schools are also in an areas best school districts. People who can afford options, want those options.</p>
<p>Don’t confuse “college prep” schools (where the goal is to improve ones prospects of getting into a top 50 college), with most private religious schools, where the desire is to raise your kids with a certain value set and belief system. College is not the impetus, but carrying those values through life, beyond 12th grade, is.</p>