To answer that you need to understand the Memphis Schools. Past about sixth grade, even the good ones become filled with violent feral animals. The optional schools program has all the smart and stable students going to one or two of the only good high schools, White Station and possible Central High. The rest are like a free for all prison training program.
Now if you have an extra $18,000 for CBHS tuition and another $5,000 for incidentals, you can steer clear of the mess that is Memphis Schools (Now Shelby County Schools). If you are not extremely well off or extremely smart, you're gonna be "bleed a lot boy". Fortunately for me, my son is extremely smart and in the 100th percentile in Tennessee. If we had to attend our local high school, which is in the bottom 5% of the state, he would be doomed.
I don’t mean for this to come out wrong... but you know... in Oklahoma City there are a number of school districts. One is really bad, some are better, and others a lot better. People around here with 18k for a good school, use that money to live in a good district.
Yup. My boys went to MUS. I’m in Germantown elementary/middle/us part of Germantown. We import the ferals.