<p>As we’ve started the search/apply process for SevenDaughter2 (got to come up with a better handle for her!), one “stat” that I’ve looked at more closely is “percent of student body on FA”.</p>
<p>Admittedly we are very spoiled in this regard by having our first child at SAS…which has an FA rate in the mid to high 40% range. Of the schools mentioned here with any frequency, I think this is only eclipsed by Emma Willard (a single sex school).</p>
<p>Why does this matter to me? I think the number speaks to divide between the kids who can afford to order take out five days a week and those who can’t. To the kids who go skiing in Gstaad for a week vs. those who go to the Poconos for a day (the infamous Jackson Hole FA candidate notwithstanding).</p>
<p>The more kids on FA, means at least to me, the less worry about the socio-economic divide.</p>