Many people believe that sending their children to a private school is much better then letting their child attend a public school. One of the important elements rarely mentioned in comparing public and private schools, whether it is religious or secular, is that private schools typically spend one-half to one-third as much as public schools. Yet how different or similar public and private schools really are is not well understood. Many debates and survey were conducted in order to determine which school is better. Private and public schools have many common factors that are observed in the schools.