@StPaulDad , it makes perfect sense. When you are pay $x i tuition and fees every year, you don’t spend that amount on a larger house, vacation, a pricier car or on whatever consumer goods. Yes, in theory ( and for some good people, in practice) that amount that you are paying for private k-12 school should be going into savings, college fund, the market, etc, for those in similar income bracket, but most often it does not. So when the time come for the high schooler you go to college, the private school family already has that $x earmarked for education.
Still, , too often the FAFSA AND PROFILE expected contributions come out hard to swallow for many families, especially at the private schools.