Comparing the Family Income of Students in Alberta’s Independent and Public Schools /

Families with with children enrolled in independent schools children enrolled in non-elite independent falls to $95,549, which is 1.8 percent less than schools have levels of average after-tax income the average income for families with children comparable to those of families with children attending public schools. [...] This paper examines the average income of Much like Alberta’s public schools, independent families in Alberta with respect to the category schools in the province are diverse in their reli- of school attended by children in the house- gious orientation and pedagogical approach. [...] This re- the province.4 Although independent schools port builds on and extends the analysis of a are often perceived as serving the urban elite, previous paper, Comparing the Family Income of in reality the majority of independent schools Students in BC’s Independent and Public Schools. [...] Average income as reported in the tables below is an average of The first table (rows 1 and 2) compares the in- income by school, weighted by the number of come of families with children attending pub- students in the school. [...] The average after-tax income for a A number of the records in the files supplied family with children in public schools is $97,301 by Statistics Canada were suppressed to meet compared to $130,127 average after-tax fam- the confidentiality requirements of the Statis- ily income for families with children in all types tics Act.