Dach, often the private schools can be more racist because they tend to have less racial diversity than the public.
I know but I guess that I suspect that they might be more concerned about a parent voting with their feet than a public school.
I guess I'm just a bit nervous all round about moving to an area that is so much less multicultural than our current 'hood. At the moment we're in walking distance of 3 public schools so if one doesn't fit we can just move on but if the local school up there doesn't fit it's a matter of driving to the next town.

AFAIK all the private schools up there are church affiliated which is a bit of a problem for me - we wouldn't send our schools to a church affiliated private school.