The Price of Private Education

IS IT WORTH IT?

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

We attempt to present information to help better understand private schools in the United States: why private schools are costly, and who are willing to send their children to private schools. Is private school worth the cost? Maybe you can get your own conclusion based on our visualizations.

Note: we are only analyzing elementary and secondary private schools (not university-level eduation).

AVERAGE TUITION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS BY STATE (2014-15)

Source: Private School Review

NUMBER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS BY STATE (2009)

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1955-2018*)

* Projected

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

ENROLLMENT IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE US (1889-2021*)

* Projected

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY RACE

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GENDER

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Created by Giri Kuncoro, Yudi He, Jenny (Yoon Jae) Kim :: 2015