In what neighborhoods do a majority of kids attend private schools?

[King of Kensington]

...if any. I'm guessing Rosedale would be one (since they don't want to send their precious offspring off with the "rifraff" at Jarvis Collegiate). Maybe Forest Hill. I'm guessing that in wealthy Lawrence Park, York Mills and the Kingsway a majority are in public schools.

Also, the Orthodox Jewish pocket around Bathurst and Lawrence (Jewish parochial schools).

 

[W. K. Lis]

I would guess that pockets of "conservative" religious families would want to send their own children to where their "beliefs" would be taught. IE. Thorncliffe.

 

[wild goose chase]

I wonder if wealth/socio-economic status or religiosity is the bigger factor/influence in choosing private vs. public schools in this city?

 

[King of Kensington]

I wonder if wealth/socio-economic status or religiosity is the bigger factor/influence in choosing private vs. public schools in this city?

Wealth. Catholics, the city's largest religious group by far, get their schools publicly funded (an absurd and outdated practice). Orthodox Jews are the exception - virtually all go to Jewish day schools.

 

[wild goose chase]

Wealth. Catholics, the city's largest religious group by far, get their schools publicly funded (an absurd and outdated practice). Orthodox Jews are the exception - virtually all go to Jewish day schools.

That's a good point -- I'm guessing a large proportion of those with kids attending Catholic schools might not have chosen to (or would not choose to) pay for it if it were suddenly decided that there will be no more public funding for them.

 

[Johnny Au]

The Leo Baeck Day School (formerly the public secular Arlington Middle School) is a Reform Jewish day school (though quite a number of Reform Jews send their children to public secular schools as well).

 

[W. K. Lis]

Wealth. Catholics, the city's largest religious group by far, get their schools publicly funded (an absurd and outdated practice). Orthodox Jews are the exception - virtually all go to Jewish day schools.

Used to be that Ontario funded Catholic schools until Grade Ten only.

Bill Davis was Premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. In 1971, he rejected a proposal to grant full funding to Ontario's Catholic high schools beyond Grade Ten, which some regarded as an appeal to the Progressive Conservative Party's rural Protestant base. However, one of his last major acts as Premier in 1985, was to reverse his 1971 decision against the full funding of Catholic schools, and announce that such funding would be provided to the end of Grade Thirteen. From link.

 

[James]

...if any. I'm guessing Rosedale would be one (since they don't want to send their precious offspring off with the "rifraff" at Jarvis Collegiate). Maybe Forest Hill. I'm guessing that in wealthy Lawrence Park, York Mills and the Kingsway a majority are in public schools.

Also, the Orthodox Jewish pocket around Bathurst and Lawrence (Jewish parochial schools).

Just curious as to why you figure Lawrence Park, York Mills and Kingsway might choose public school over private school as opposed to, for example, Forest Hill and Rosedale?

 

[King of Kensington]

Just curious as to why you figure Lawrence Park, York Mills and Kingsway might choose public school over private school as opposed to, for example, Forest Hill and Rosedale?

It's my hypothesis, but I have no hard data to back it up. It's because in the local public schools in the area are highly regarded and the students in these catchment areas, right through high school, generally come from well-off families. That's certainly not true in Rosedale. Forest Hill I'm not sure, it could either way.

ETA: Scratch off Kingsway, not sure about that.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Here in Cabbagetown I'd say many send their kids to private schools. Those without the coin, like me, send their kids to specialist programs elsewhere in the TDSB or Catholic board, such as French immersion, IB or new-age programs.

 

[prosperegal]

There were several private school kids in the area I spent my teen years as well (Yonge/York Mills), including yours truly. Not majority, however. I'd say that a fair amount near the Bridle Path do too. Forest Hill is home to both BSS and UCC, so a good number of kids there not only go to private schools, but one of the two (depending on whether they are a boy or a girl).

 

[Palma]

That's a good point -- I'm guessing a large proportion of those with kids attending Catholic schools might not have chosen to (or would not choose to) pay for it if it were suddenly decided that there will be no more public funding for them.

well if they are publicly funded than they are not private. The forum states private which means schools that parents need to pay tution. i.e St Michaels College, De La Salle Oaklands (private schools) but are Catholic

 

[christiesplits]

Something that I suspect is happening is increased private school enrollment in upper-middle class pockets of Toronto with traditionally strong local elementary schools. However, the middle or high schools that serve these communities often include elementary school districts with lower-income or heavy immigrant communities, so upwardly mobile parents, by Grade 7 or 9, pull out their wallets to try and keep their kids in what they deem to be a more stimulating environment.

I would use east-end middle schools Earl Grey or Queen Alexandra as an example. The elementary feeder schools for both middle schools represent a spectrum of EQAO scores, income brackets and ethnocultural communities.

 

[King of Kensington]

Realtors have really embraced the Fraser Institute school rankings. I wonder what impact they are having.

 

[King of Kensington]

TDSB has a policy of "optional attendance" (as well as some boutique programming) where students can enroll outside their catchment area. This is defended by some on the grounds that it keeps the professional class in the public school system, but it does have the effect of parents sending their kids to wealthier, whiter schools and has eroded the concept of the neighborhood school.

I know that Cedarvale parents try to send their kids to Forest Hill Collegiate rather than the high school in the catchment area, Vaughan Road Academy. I've also heard from a teacher friend that you have South Asian parents pulling their kids out of West Humber and enrolling at Martingrove allegedly because of too many black kids, and in turn white kids from Martingrove have gone over to Richview.