I’ll start with tackling the first statement. Here is a chart of the top 9 states by quality of education [1] with their percentage of private schools [2] on the side. The national average for private schools is 11%, and 6/9 of these fall above that line.
There are 2 major outliers, which are Wyoming and Utah, but there is an easy explanation. Private schools are almost always drawn towards large, urban population centers, and these states are large and lack them for the most part, which decentivizes private education. Now, there is one major city here, Salt Lake City. However, it only goes to serve my point, as out of 190 schools in Salt Lake City, 53 are private [3] which is roughly 27%. As for Colorado, a similar argument can be made, but I honestly lack a general understanding as to its success. But, it is the only one out of the top 9 that falls under this.
As for the clear problem, cost. Private schools cost money, and as such are not affordable and would only push people into poverty, right? Dead wrong. If we were to cut funding for private schools and sell them to private investors, we could generate obscene amounts of money leading to tax cuts, and said tax cuts would free up the necessary funds to pay for such private schools. Private schools are far from only $60,000 a year, as the national average is $12,350 annually, a number which would very sharply drop if he number skyrockets, which could very much be accounted for with large tax cuts.
SOURCES:
1: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education
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