Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
Thanks, Jon. Good examples. The school district I went to is also a great example as it was a very top-rated school and it spent a lot per student. But unlike the confusing SES aspect for many public school results, my school district was exceedingly lower income as it was 75% of us came from the military base. And the government payed quite well per child to the schools.

Gross income is an incomplete indicator of SES for military families, though, because of the significant non-monetary compensations they receive.