At the top of the schooling hierarchy are private day and boarding schools. The best of these schools, such as the Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut, have large endowments, small classes with...

At the top of the schooling hierarchy are private day and boarding schools. The best of these schools, such as the Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut, have large endowments, small classes with well-trained and dedicated teachers, and magnificent campuses with facilities that rival those of the nation’s top colleges. What do you estimate is the annual cost to attend such a school?