L.A.s most expensive private schools, including one where teens manage an investment portfolio

Forget college tuition.Some LA parents are shelling out nearly $90,000 a year to send their kids to high school.The price of an elite education can come with fossil-hunting expeditions, celebrity classmates and investment portfolios managed by teenagers.At the top of the list is The Webb Schools in Claremont, where boarding students pay $87,430 a year.

Day students pay $62,180.The perks include working alongside professional paleontologists, co-authoring scientific papers and access to a 150-acre campus with an Olympic-size pool and miles of running trails.A California Post review of 20 of the county’s priciest private schools found that 16 charge more than $53,000 annually for their upper grades, often before additional fees for technology, security and transportation.At Webb, tuition covers meals, boarding and most school expenses, the school told The Post.The school also houses the Raymond M.

Alf Museum of Paleontology, which it describes as the only accredited paleontology museum on a high school campus.Admission is fiercely competitive: Webb accepts just 14% of applicants and enrolls 405 students.About 28% of families receive financial aid, supported by an annual budget of roughly $7 million, a spokesperson said.Westmark School in Encino charges $69,928 a year for grades 2 through 12, plus a $4,200 deposit and a one-time $2,125 fee.The school specializes in educating students with learning differences.

Its net-zero-carbon lower-school campus features rooftop gardens, an amphitheater and quiet spaces designed to reduce cognitive overload.Westmark also provides every student with an iPad, while fifth graders produce their own television program.Classes average eight students, and reading groups have five or fewer.Buses, hot lunches and international trips cost extra.Milken Community School charges $57,450 annually, plus a $2,700 security fee and a $2,500 first-year fee.Its finance program puts teenagers in charge of managing an investment portfolio, with me...