Northern Kentucky Private Schools & Tuitions:

 

Catholic:

Bishop Brossart: $6,800 ($7,480 out of diocese)

Covington Catholic: $7,635 ($8,390 out of diocese)

Covington Holy Cross: $6,375 ($6,995 out of diocese)

Covington Latin School: $9,550 ($10,685 out of diocese)

Newport Central Catholic: $6,800 ($7,720 out of diocese)

Notre Dame Academy: $7,460 ($8,190 out of diocese)

St. Henry District High School: $7,450 ($8,450 out of diocese)

St. Patrick: $5,302 ($6,001 out of diocese)

Villa Madonna Academy: $10,800 ($11,450 out of diocese)

 

Ranking them by tuition, most expensive first:

 

1. Villa Madonna Academy: $10,800 ($11,450 out of diocese)

2. Covington Latin School: $9,550 ($10,685 out of diocese)

3. Covington Catholic: $7,635 ($8,390 out of diocese)

4. Notre Dame Academy: $7,460 ($8,190 out of diocese)

5. St. Henry District High School: $7,450 ($8,450 out of diocese)

6 (tie). Bishop Brossart: $6,800 ($7,480 out of diocese)

6 (tie). Newport Central Catholic: $6,800 ($7,720 out of diocese)

7. Covington Holy Cross: $6,375 ($6,995 out of diocese)

 

Does price equal quality? Would a child get a better education at Villa Madonna instead of Covington Holy Cross? Are certain Catholic students required to attend certain schools?

Brossart is roughly $5,000 a year last I checked.

 

Better check again. LOL @C_W_B nailed it.

 

FYI, ST. Mary's is $5,075 now.

Better check again. LOL @C_W_B nailed it.

 

Like I said, last I checked. Guess someone's gotta pay for all those athletic center renovations. :lol2:

JMO, but private schooling if one can afford to do it, is the absolute best investment you can make.

 

 

Along those same lines, I don't know of anyone that has ever been turned away from a private (at least Catholic) school because they couldn't afford the tuition.

 

There are absolutely advantages to private schools, and they can certainly provide certain things that public schools cannot (and vice versa). However, I wouldn't trade mine (I was first the first in my family to attend college) or my children's education and experiences received from public school systems. I have one college graduate (who got a job 3 days after graduating, teaching in a public school), one who will graduate next year from a very competitive, high level Occupational/Physical therapy college program, and one who will be attending Bellarmine in the fall for close to zero cost. All have been great returns on my investment, and I don't see how they would have been better off in a private school. There's no way you can convince me private school would have been a better investment. And I've seen way too many success stories similar to, and even better than my kids, come from the public school system. I'll never knock anyone for doing what they feel is best for their children. There are many good (and some bad) public schools, and the same can be said for private schools.

Ranking them by tuition, most expensive first:

 

1. Villa Madonna Academy: $10,800 ($11,450 out of diocese)

2. Covington Latin School: $9,550 ($10,685 out of diocese)

3. Covington Catholic: $7,635 ($8,390 out of diocese)

4. Notre Dame Academy: $7,460 ($8,190 out of diocese)

5. St. Henry District High School: $7,450 ($8,450 out of diocese)

6 (tie). Bishop Brossart: $6,800 ($7,480 out of diocese)

6 (tie). Newport Central Catholic: $6,800 ($7,720 out of diocese)

7. Covington Holy Cross: $6,375 ($6,995 out of diocese)

 

Does price equal quality? Would a child get a better education at Villa Madonna instead of Covington Holy Cross? Are certain Catholic students required to attend certain schools?

 

Not if you graded it by ACT scores over the past few years.

The diocese helps subsidize some schools (at least according to the last budget notes I saw coming from my last parish council meeting.

There are absolutely advantages to private schools, and they can certainly provide certain things that public schools cannot (and vice versa). However, I wouldn't trade mine or my children's education and experiences received from public school systems. I have one college graduate (who got a job 3 days after graduating, teaching in a public school), one who will graduate next year from a very competitive, high level Occupational/Physical therapy college program, and one who will be attending Bellarmine in the fall for close to zero cost. All have been great returns on my investment, and I don't see how they would have been better off in a private school. There's no way you can convince me private school would have been a better investment. And I've seen way too many success stories similar to, and even better than my kids, come from the public school system. I'll never knock anyone for doing what they feel is best for their children. There are many good (and some bad) public schools, and the same can be said for private schools.

 

When did I ever do the bolded? :confused:

Like I said, last I checked. Guess someone's gotta pay for all those athletic center renovations. :lol2:

 

Oh no! That's a separate fund raiser. Go to Mustangs website and you can click on the link and donate.

Oh no! That's a separate fund raiser. Go to Mustangs webs site and you can click on the link and donate.

 

Oh, I know, tongue in cheek my man.

 

And no chance on that one....I gotta keep my $ to afford that Cov Cath tuition ~13 years from now. :lol2: I can only imagine how much it'll grow to by then! :eek:

When did I ever do the bolded? :confused:

 

Never said you did, and I didn't mean to imply you were doing so. My statement was meant to convey there is no bad choice. Every one must decide and do what they think is best. Many on both sides do go out of their way to be critical of public or private schools. The reality is both sides should be happy there are choices.

Never said you did, and I didn't mean to imply you were doing so. My statement was meant to convey there is no bad choice. Every one must decide and do what they think is best. Many on both sides do go out of their way to be critical of public or private schools. The reality is both sides should be happy there are choices.

 

Gotcha. And I agree.

This is all great stuff. Thanks folks. I have never known how much it cost to send a kid to private school. Some that I thought would cost more are considerably less than I thought and others are considerably more.

 

From the outside looking in CovCath looks like a bargain.

Aside from religious reasons which I won't get into, it's my experience that my friends that were private school educated were much better prepared for college and "adulting" than those that went to public schools. I know that's probably not the same experience as others have, but it's mine and that's all I can really go off of.

 

In addition, you don't have to deal with all the red tape and bureaucracy involved in public schools.

 

I've heard this before, and I'm not sure I understand what red tape you have to go through. I can't think of anything in my personal experience (again my 13 years, and almost 40 years combined with my children) that was difficult because of "red tape" or bureaucracy. Do you sometimes have to cross some t's and dot some i's? Absolutely. But I've found nothing difficult.

Does price equal quality? Would a child get a better education at Villa Madonna instead of Covington Holy Cross? Are certain Catholic students required to attend certain schools?

 

Yes and no on price equaling quality. All of the schools have different things they offer. Several of the grade schools and high schools in the Diocese of Covington are National Blue Ribbon Schools. Schools like Villa Madonna and Holy Cross offer the opportunity to grow up in a school community that goes from grade school through high school. St. Henry also has a grade school & high school, although they're on different campuses. Villa has very small class sizes, which appeals to some, whereas Cov Cath and Notre Dame have larger class sizes, by comparison. Covington Latin is an accelerated learning school, with most students skipping at 7th and/or 8th grade before attending. Some offer more AP courses than others. Cov Cath and Notre Dame are single-sex schools.

 

There aren't any single-sex Catholic grade schools, and by and large there aren't as many differences apart from school size when it comes to the grade schools in the Diocese.

 

The diocese of Covington used to have a "feeder school" districting system that would have students from certain Catholic grade schools matriculate into specific assigned high schools, but that districting system was done away with by the current bishop. Any Catholic student within the diocese is welcome to attend any Catholic school in the diocese without having to pay any out of district fees.

This is all great stuff. Thanks folks. I have never known how much it cost to send a kid to private school. Some that I thought would cost more are considerably less than I thought and others are considerably more.

 

From the outside looking in CovCath looks like a bargain.

 

Based upon?

Based upon?

 

What I would be looking for in a school for my sons/grandsons.