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Acero Schools401(k)

ACERO 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.46%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Acero Schools reported $107,162 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.46% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $741 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.83% to 0.46%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 1,476th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,417th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $3.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,269,201
Participants with balances571
Active participants680
Employer contributions$503,786
Employee contributions$1,783,429
Employer contribution per active participant$741
Average account balance$44,254
Benefits paid to participants$1,110,805
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.3M · 571 accts · $504K emplr
2023$21.0M · 598 accts · $525K emplr
2022$16.7M · 568 accts · $464K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,283
Investment management$78,879
Total administrative$107,162
The Acero Schools 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$741
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$741 per active participant
2023$776 per active participant
2022$652 per active participant

Acero Schools's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
CORRELL CO. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$28,283
CERITY PARTNERS · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$78,879

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024CORRELL CO.
2023CORRELL CO.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$107,162 · 0.46%
2023$122,949 · 0.65%
2022$124,354 · 0.83%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364235934 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.