private school

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It is the shortage of private school slots that is emerging as a major bottleneck for more high earners relocating to the area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

For data purposes, a home school is defined as a private school with fewer than six students.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Some of those luxuries then become fixed expenses that are hard to unwind — a bigger house, a more expensive car, private school.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Government lawyers had argued that families who wished to opt out of state-funded education were free to send their children to private school or to educate them at home.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

“I went to that private school where they made me learn to curtsy.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson