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Originally Posted by dellinger63
Except some of the lay teachers I had at LA were exceptional. While priests mainly taught things like English, Latin and Theology, lay teachers primarily taught math, science and history. The reason I went there was a decision made solely by my mother and it wasn't because of religion but rather the school being far superior to Glenbrook South, the public school I would have gone to. I just checked and Loyola to this day towers over GBS in both test scores and students going onto college. I must also add my hometown Glenview IL was upper-middle class to upper class and remains so today.
Also I'd say a 1/3 of the students attending Loyola were not Catholic and theology was not a mandatory class. In fact I was enrolled in an integrated science program freshman and sophomore year where Chemistry, Physics and Biology I and II were all taught in a 2-period class and those in the program did not take theology.
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Out of curiosity, I googled, and in fact 13 percent of Glenbrook South's students are economically disadvantaged. Obviously, I don't know what the demographics were when you were there, but today slightly more than one out of ten students is poor. In light of that, they have an exceptionally good graduation rate.
Loyola's tuition is currently over $15,000/year.