I remember that the tuition at the parochial school I attended was only
$5.00 a month. Tuition got most of it's support from Sunday Mass
Collections.
All the teachers were Nuns, except for one or two lay teachers.
There was no excuse at that time in sending Catholic Children to
public schools
It was the common opinion that you got a better education in a
Catholic School than Public Schools.
On the top of this, is the sound religious instructions that were
very important, because it would be the guide for the rest of our
lives.
That was before Vatican 2 was implemented. The parochial school
I attended is now one of the most liberal and progressive in that
archdiocese.