@CollegeFreak9488 It really depends on you. The question really isn’t public v. private but which public v. which private. If you live in an area with good or excellent public schools you may still wish to consider private for various reasons including: small class sizes, the ability to get to know your classmates/teachers very well (boarding school in particular), specialized programs everything from writing your own course, to internships, to travel abroad (that may not be offered at the local public school). Additionally, you may have a particular skill ( art, music, sports) that you want to develop and this can be fostered in a private school. You might need or want extra support or structure ( via being able to speak with your teachers until 10PM or needing to have study time every day). Or you might want to be in a classroom where every person has competed for a spot (in some cases 9-15 have been rejected for that spot). If you are very academic this might make you very happy as you can (finally) move at a pace you could not in public school. Or maybe you are really quiet and you like theater and it’s better at the private school.
Or you might decide none of these things matter and the public school is a better fit.