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Ethel Walker School403(b)

ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL RETIREMENT PLAN · SIMSBURY, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Ethel Walker School reported $25,728 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,021 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 0.03% to 0.10%. 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 459th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 1,350th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 94 to 108 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,542,857
Participants with balances379
Active participants108
Employer contributions$434,219
Employee contributions$694,479
Employer contribution per active participant$4,021
Average account balance$72,672
Benefits paid to participants$1,678,090
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.5M · 379 accts · $434K emplr
2023$24.9M · 374 accts · $339K emplr
2022$24.1M · 373 accts · $335K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,728
Total administrative$25,728
Employer contributions to the Ethel Walker School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,021
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,021 per active participant
2023$3,457 per active participant
2022$3,567 per active participant

Ethel Walker School's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$14,978
CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$8,400

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$25,728 · 0.10%
2023$7,973 · 0.03%
2022$5,947 · 0.03%
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Post University, Inc. CT$28.5M · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060689699 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.