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Effective School Solutions, LLC401(k)

EFFECTIVE SCHOOL SOLUTIONS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.67%

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

Effective School Solutions, LLC reported $55,724 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.67% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $385 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 0.78% to 0.67%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New Jersey (1,566th of 2,419), and the 5,937th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $8.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,314,396
Participants with balances607
Active participants551
Employer contributions$211,931
Employee contributions$1,721,165
Employer contribution per active participant$385
Average account balance$15,345
Benefits paid to participants$1,420,329
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBDG-CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.3M · 607 accts · $212K emplr
2023$7.4M · 569 accts · $220K emplr
2022$4.9M · 542 accts · $184K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,724
Total administrative$55,724
The Effective School Solutions, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$385
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$385 per active participant
2023$420 per active participant
2022$354 per active participant

Effective School Solutions, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$70,795
OSAIC WEALTH · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$55,724 · 0.67%
2023$54,816 · 0.89%
2022$36,434 · 0.78%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 452692108 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.