Choosing a School Is Hard. Knowing What to Ask Shouldn’t Be.
Every school promises rigor and care. This free guide gives you the 10 questions that reveal which schools actually deliver, plus what a strong answer sounds like for each one.
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Every school will tell you they’re rigorous, caring, and committed to your child.
They wouldn’t be in business if they didn’t.
The hard part isn’t getting schools to make promises. It’s figuring out which ones actually keep them. After years of walking families through their school search, we’ve found that the same handful of questions cut through marketing language faster than anything else.
Inside the Guide
Each question comes with the reasoning behind it, and what a strong answer sounds like, so you can tell honest specifics from brochure language.
The hidden academic cost of switching schools, and how to ask about it
Why student-teacher ratios don’t tell you the full story
How to spot a school that delivers rigor without burnout
The one question that surprises most school leaders
What college acceptance lists don’t tell you
A printable tour-day checklist of all 10 questions
From the team at St. Martin’s Episcopal School
We created this guide because we believe families make the best decisions when they know what to ask, at our school or any school. St. Martin’s has served Greater New Orleans families from infancy through 12th grade for nearly 80 years, and these are the questions we’d want answered if we were in your shoes.