ok my spiel.
if i were a parent, the only thing id consider my kids going to a private school is for the better teachers. and maybe the resources. not the "culture", not the prestige, not for social reasons, not for having a "better environment". private schools generally have better teachers than public schools, purely because private schools can choose who to employ, while the state schools get the alll the teachers allocated to them, whether theyre good or not. if i wanted a better school environment, id try my kids for selective. In a selective schools, generally the kids there want to do their best, either being pushed hard by their parents, or have great motivation and a geniune aspiration to do well in school. and theres not much of the tall poppy syndrome going on in a selective school, because well ... it speaks for itself.