Even the most expensive prep schools tend to do limited SAT test prep, if any.
Poor kids can technically access the same private test prep as rich kids, and whether they actually can or not, financially speaking, has nothing to do with the tax base and the school itself.
That being said, better schools do provide for better child development.
This can be compensated for, to a degree, by enhanced parental interaction with the child from an early age.
> This can be compensated for, to a degree, by enhanced parental interaction with the child from an early age.
Which, as this article points out, is exactly the kind of thing that wealthier parents are able to provide their kids and which less wealthy parents often cannot, even when they would like to.
Poor kids can technically access the same private test prep as rich kids, and whether they actually can or not, financially speaking, has nothing to do with the tax base and the school itself.
That being said, better schools do provide for better child development.
This can be compensated for, to a degree, by enhanced parental interaction with the child from an early age.