[seanmcdirmid]

That's a lot higher than I thought it would be. Oddly enough, I have a friend in Clyde Hill (not Seattle, pretty good schools) who sends his daughter to private school in Queen Anne.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is how people in South Seattle deal with living in South Seattle, or in downtown (e.g. capital hill), the schools really aren't great there. The schools don't get good until you hit Queen Anne, Magnolia, Ballard, Wallingford, Green Lake, north of UW (Roosevelt is where all the UW professors send their kids), but then they aren't so great again in north (of 85th) Seattle (not as bad as South Seattle, however). I'm not sure how even the reputation of South Seattle is either; my cousins went to West Seattle high school and they had pretty good experiences.