Catholic school application process

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I am not sure if any of the studies looked at JUST HS, but I can look for you.

I can tell you that I have looked into my local HSs and the results are the same as grade school; I realize this is anticodal.
 
As I am looking at recent test results for my local public school, it says that 90% didn’t pass math, 60% didn’t pass reading proficiency.
So you think this is as good a school as a high SES school. Hmmm. Those parents who plunk down $300k for houses in the rich suburbs sure are deluded! I wonder why they’re paying so much for housing, when they could send their kids to my local public high school, which is just as good as theirs!
 
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This is for Indiana, but reflects the whole country. If you are sending your child to a Catholic school for better academics, you are wasting your money. You might feel better because it looks like your school is doing better than local public, but your child, on average, will be getting a slightly worse education.

Catholic schools are richer and wish to take more from those with less.
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You cannot say that without knowing what your public school and your parochial school is like. No parent ever chooses between an “average” public school and an “average” parochial school. The choice is between an actual public school and an actual parochial school and between the catechesis and overall shared values actually offered to students at the available parochial school and what is actually likely for their child if their child attends a public school. You might have a parochial school that is essentially a school of privelege with a watered-down catechism program or you might have a public school which Catholics find hostile to the practice of their faith. The Catholic high school might be worse than the public school in college preparation or it might be one of the best college prep schools in the area. Mileage varies.
 
I don’t think you are understanding that this is the overall stats for the school, not a particular child. A partiuclar child that is failing in a low-SES public school is likely to fail in a high SES Catholic school. A child that is doing well in a high SES Catholic school is likely to do well in a low SES public school.

THe low passing rate for your local public school doesn’t mean that that school is “bad” what is mostly reflects is that most of the students who attend it are from low SES families.
 
Wow, that’s cheap if that’s HS.

The closest Catholic HS to our house is $15K a year.
 
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I don’t think you are understanding that this is the overall stats for the school, not a particular child. A partiuclar child that is failing in a low-SES public school is likely to fail in a high SES Catholic school. A child that is doing well in a high SES Catholic school is likely to do well in a low SES public school.

THe low passing rate for your local public school doesn’t mean that that school is “bad” what is mostly reflects is that most of the students who attend it are from low SES families.
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In post 69 you stated "if you are sending your child to a Catholic school for better academics, you are wasting your money. " You are the one making very specific statements about schools and students.
Also, you stated that “a child that is doing well in a high SES Catholic school is likely to do well in a low SES public school”. Yes that’s probably true, but is that child going to be academically challenged? Will she have the same choices of classes? I don’t know how you are saying that my child will have the same educational outcome. Well, let’s see the evidence you come up with…
 
Which is why some recommended that the OP speak to the pastor.

At our parish the school has nothing to do with Religious Ed classes. They have different directors and different goals.

Our Preschool Director would have no idea who teaches special ed religious ed.
 
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Not exactly the same. No two schools will give you the same experience. But, overall, I believe your child’s academic outcome/achievement will be the same. Not that they will have take the exact same classes or had exactly the same experiences. they will be just as educated, just as prepared for the next phase of life.
 
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Hmmm. Those parents who plunk down $300k for houses in the rich suburbs sure are deluded! I wonder why they’re paying so much for housing,…
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Man… Every time I see a post like this, I think, I need to move! Over here 300k would barely get you a one bedroom condo.
 
Yes, the Midwest is known for its lower housing costs. Do you own a house now?
 
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Ah Midwest. I used to live there. The climate was rough.

No, I don’t own and don’t plan to, but rent reflects the real estate prices too. My current 1 bed apartment in an ok (but not expensive) area is 1,450, and it took 2 months to find something at this price.
 
Any luck with the high school starts? Or are those not pushed by chalkbeat for some reason?! 🤣
 
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Haven’t looked yet. You could look? But, I don’t recall ever reading a study on just HS.

My guess is there aren’t any studies on HS alone because there aren’t standardized tests across the board for HS schools? I don’t know that, my kids are stil littlish.
 
Let’s compare 10th grade iStep from 2019, shall we?
Why on earth are there no charts or articles about high school test results on Chalkbeat.org?

Public first ( I included Carmel Clay which is a high SES school with a high passing rate. However, it is the exception rather than the rule).
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https://www.doe.in.gov/accountability/find-school-and-corporation-data-reports
 
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That’s ok if it’s not just HS, I am interested in the study you mentioned regardless of age of students.
 
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