Between the prices and the lack of any ethnic and socioeconomic diversity, most foreigners living in NYC are preferring to send their kids to public schools.
NYTimes.com
Miriam and Christian Rengier, a German couple moving to New York, visited some private elementary schools in Manhattan last spring in search of a place for their son. They immediately noticed the absence of ethnic diversity, and the chauffeurs ferrying children to the door.
Read ten whole story online here: Affluent Foreign-Born Parents in N.Y. Prefer Public Schools - NYTimes.com