>>>n NJ, public school costs/non special needs student/year range from $8K-$43K
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>I knew a headmaster of a public school in Indiana. Brand new facility, free education apart from books and other costs. Maybe a decade ago?
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>Now up to $43K?! What changed?
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>Or are you including increased housing costs to position yourself for access to a desirable school? I found a website showing that for the increased mortgage cost to live near the top ranked public school in the US, you could send 2 kids to the best local Catholic private school.

Nope. Just the total spent by the school district divided by the number of students.
Long Island is higher - one of the reasonsI moved.