Why is Jewish Day School tuition so high?

[zh cohen]

FWIW, my school strongly discourages paying the whole year upfront. Something about messing with budget and cash flow.

Huh? That sounds like bad financial  planning/management on their part.

[Jeremiah]

This is what I was thinking as well, although I'm sure there are heterim.

Don’t assume there is a heter in place unless you are aware that they set one up

[WayBackMachine]

just don't tell them about the re-Registration registration fee.

[Dan]

Full tuition at HAC CLE, without any breaks, and ignoring the universal vouchers that will bring down the price:

2025-2026 full ask:

[riem37]

Full ask tuition for many of the MO high schools in the North Jersey area:

[Essen est zich]

Please remind me, If I am paying tuition, why am I paying $500 in fees for 1 child... 

[TimT]

Please remind me, If I am paying tuition, why am I paying $500 in fees for 1 child... 

Because otherwise you’d be paying another $500 tuition.

[Euclid]

Because otherwise you’d be paying another $500 tuition.

And they'll still have the $500 fee

[Moshe Green]

Full ask tuition for many of the MO high schools in the North Jersey area:

WOW! Sounds like Modern Orthodoxy is a cult! Look at how much money the parents have to shell out for tuition!

[daybyday]

WOW! Sounds like Modern Orthodoxy is a cult! Look at how much money the parents have to shell out for tuition!

Yes, and the ROI is often far from great

[yelped]

WOW! Sounds like Modern Orthodoxy is a cult! Look at how much money the parents have to shell out for tuition!

If you would have gone to a MO school, you might have known the definition of "cult".

[moko]

If you would have gone to a MO school, you might have known the definition of "cult".

cult
noun
uk  /kʌlt/ us  /kʌlt/
cult noun (RELIGION)
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a religious group, often living together, whose beliefs are considered extreme or strange by many people:

Per this definition, I'd say every shomer Torah umitzvos community qualifies as a cult.
Beliefs considered extreme or strange?

[Dan]

Per this definition, I'd say every shomer Torah umitzvos community qualifies as a cult.
Beliefs considered extreme or strange?

That's not what it means by living together.

Now a yeshiva with a dorm on the other hand.

[Just A Jew]

That's not what it means by living together.

Now a yeshiva with a dorm on the other hand.

Cult isn't what comes to mind when I think of yeshiva dorms. Petri dish, maybe.

[riem37]

Made one for elementary schools as well - cheaper than his schools but still definitely yeshiva tuition.

[UKinNYS]

Surprised there not more schools trying to do what Yeshiva he'atid is doing with 'guided' learning, which takes less manpower. I saw a stat that in a class of 25 each child gets less than 3 minutes of individual attention a day from the teacher, which is kind of a bad value proposition, with AI 'guided' learning with computer should become mainstream.

[yfr bachur]

Surprised there not more schools trying to do what Yeshiva he'atid is doing with 'guided' learning, which takes less manpower. I saw a stat that in a class of 25 each child gets less than 3 minutes of individual attention a day from the teacher, which is kind of a bad value proposition, with AI 'guided' learning with computer should become mainstream.

Who says that a child needs individual attention in order to learn?
And I would value personal attention way way more yhan AI attention...

[Sammy82]

Surprised there not more schools trying to do what Yeshiva he'atid is doing with 'guided' learning, which takes less manpower. I saw a stat that in a class of 25 each child gets less than 3 minutes of individual attention a day from the teacher, which is kind of a bad value proposition, with AI 'guided' learning with computer should become mainstream.

A big part of our religion and why it lasted through centuries in other countries is because of mesorah. That happens when a rabbi (and/or father) gives it over to his talmid. I'm not sure what this new system you're talking about is but it sounds like it's more focused on technology instead of a rebbi. I don't see that working out too well in mainstream yiddishkeit.