Hogwarts is a public school

[Hazard]

Wait, wouldn't accomodation, food and equipment be covered by the tuition fees in case of such schools? I know that textbooks aren't covered in the Netherlands, but at least here there's a large and well organised (as in, organised by the education establishment itself) used books market. You can literally rent your books for a year, although you are required to take proper care of them in return.