Wow, significantly lower.
How does ACC get by at that low a tuition rate? Do they have other substantial sources of funds? Is there a required fundraiser for an extra few grand per year? Large endowment?
Unless you're lookin at an all religious faculty (which is seemingly not even possible today), it is hard to conceptualize paying salaries and benefits and maintenance while only bringing in 7-8 k per year per child.
I feel like that is the tuition rate most suburban private schools charged 20 years ago.
I hope it doesn't hurt Rosary or ACC. Even at a different price point, my concern with ACC would be that parents of daughters who were sent to ACC and have the means to pay more may prefer the Marmion choice.
And if not, where will all these females come from for Marmion? I assume Batavia and surrounding western burbs will provide some, just like they do presently for their boys. But I would think most of the families of girls with means who want Catholic/Christian education in Aurora are already paying for Rosary, ACC, or AC. If Marmion isn't going to make inroads with the ACC crowd, I don't know that there is enough female population for this to be a successful transition. I just don't see a ton of new families who are going to be like "I was going to send my daughter to Batavia HS, but now there is finally a private option in Aurora I am satisfied with."
My only prediction with limited knowledge is that either this will be a failed experiment by Marmion OR it will be real bad news for at least Rosary if not ACC. I can't imagine all three thriving, but I hope I am wrong.
