I sent my boys to a K-8 school specifically modeled on the little red schoolhouse (http://www.peninsulaschool.org/). My mother, who did attend a little red schoolhouse in the rural south, loved the place, and my boys benefited way beyond their public-school peers.
To give you an idea, typically, 4 to 6 kids out of each class of 18-20 went on to become National Merit Scholarship finalists despite coming from a school with no academic-based selection and minimal classroom academics.
You make it sound like a school for poor inner city kids. With a tuition of $13,125, I am pretty sure the school is made up of upper and upper middle class kids who would of excelled in school even if they went to school in the inner city.
Sounds more like a school for the children of rich indulgent hippies.
