What private schools charge beyond tuition: cafeteria 69%, graduations 60%, transportation 17%
Items institutions in this edition charge for beyond tuition: cafeteria 69%, graduations 60%, school uniform 57%, books 57%, sports uniform 49%, events and parties 37%, trips 31%, school supplies 29%, extra tutoring 26%, transportation 17%.
Families already spend on uniforms, books, transportation and food; the question is whether they buy from the school or from someone else. Every well-run item raises revenue per student without touching tuition, and funds the admissions process that fills the empty seats.
Of these ten items, how many does your school charge for? And how many could it charge for next school year?
The table behind the chart
Institutions charging for each item (n = 35, top 8)
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Cafeteria | 69% |
| Graduations | 60% |
| School uniform | 57% |
| Books | 57% |
| Sports uniform | 49% |
| Events and parties | 37% |
| Trips | 31% |
| School supplies | 29% |
Where it comes from
Ten items measured in the Enrollment X-Ray: uniforms, tutoring, transportation, cafeteria, books, school supplies, events, graduations and trips. Sample: 102 Enrollment X-Rays completed between March and October 2026 with owners and directors of 102 private institutions in 69 Mexican cities. These are institutions that requested the diagnostic, not the country. Median, not average: one school with 7,000 students skews the average and makes it lie.
Median before average; no figure based on fewer than 5 institutions is published. Full methodology.
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