<p>The “elite high school” phenomenon may be more subdued because almost all students of such schools go to university; after that happens, their identification of “eliteness” or lack thereof becomes based on the university attended or graduated, not the high school.</p>
<p>But it is likely to be just as big a thing as an “elite university” for parents whose children are at high school entrance age, as the “elite high school” is often seen as a way to go to an “elite university”.</p>
<p>Note that some private high schools (even those whose course catalog does not suggest academic “eliteness”) cost more in tuition than the total cost of some good universities. In many cases, there is little or no academic reason to spend the tuition if one can attend a decent public high school. Parents who can afford such tuition probably live in areas with decent public high schools, so it may be more of a status symbol type of thing in many cases.</p>