Definitely not. I wonder what the issue was? I think the best schools are “good” public schools. They tend to be more innovative & consultative with both staff & students, depending on the principal (but I’m sure there’s some very good private schools too.) Some cohorts of kids can be much harder to work with, because there’s a limit to what a school can achieve, when the cohort is dealing with a lot of poverty, DV, substance abuse etc.
The biggest advantage at a private school is a more privileged cohort. Money doesn’t buy everything, & some issues such as DV, substance abuse etc also happen in wealthier families, but financial stress is sometimes at the bottom of a family’s woes. Not enough money can definitely be a problem.
I think some parents work & save very hard & sacrifice a lot of things to put their kids through private schools, when they would’ve been better off spending more time with their kids, taking them on family holidays etc. But if the local public school is very tough & buying into or renting in the zone of a “good” public school isn’t an option…