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Brooks School403(b)

BROOKS SCHOOL DC RETIREMENT PLAN · NORTH ANDOVER, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Brooks School reported $125,440 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,028 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 rose from 0.11% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 566th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 740th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.16 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 252 to 171 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$66,691,665
Participants with balances414
Active participants171
Employer contributions$1,372,796
Employee contributions$1,187,451
Employer contribution per active participant$8,028
Average account balance$161,091
Benefits paid to participants$3,907,445
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$66.7M · 414 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$61.1M · 437 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$55.0M · 436 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$75,290
Investment management$31,250
Audit (IQPA)$18,900
Total administrative$125,440
Employer contributions to the Brooks School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,028
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$8,028 per active participant
2023$7,789 per active participant
2022$4,933 per active participant

Brooks School's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20243
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$75,290
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$31,250
CBIZ CPAS P.C. · Accounting / audit$18,900

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$125,440 · 0.20%
2023$102,502 · 0.18%
2022$55,323 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042130844 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.