If you want to see extreme inequity in education look no further than Bennington County. The societal and socioeconomic differences in school choice/non-operating towns vs. towns designated to public school districts is remarkable.

On one end of the spectrum you have places like Bennington and Pownal and to a lesser degree Arlington (stuck with high poverty and a couple substandard public school options), while monied places like Manchester, Dorset, North Bennington, and Winhall get vast choices of private, independent, religious, and public schools. Raise a kid in Winhall and you can use around $17k every year to send them to any school anywhere K-12. Raise a kid in downtown Bennington and you’re stuck with the second and third worst rated elementary schools in the state.

Forget redlining. A system like this works way better to segregate along socioeconomic lines.