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Lake Forest Academy403(b)

LAKE FOREST ACADEMY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · LAKE FOREST, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Lake Forest Academy reported $123,204 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,430 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.304%. 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 1,012th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,017th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.02 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 126 to 164 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,751,942
Participants with balances201
Active participants164
Employer contributions$1,218,568
Employee contributions$1,238,883
Employer contribution per active participant$7,430
Average account balance$217,671
Benefits paid to participants$1,408,410
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$43.8M · 201 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$37.3M · 166 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$30.7M · 165 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$123,204
Total administrative$123,204
Employer contributions to the Lake Forest Academy plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,430
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$7,430 per active participant
2023$8,150 per active participant
2022$8,220 per active participant

Lake Forest Academy's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$123,203
FAIRCOURT PARTNERS, LLC · 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$123,204 · 0.30%
2023$106,948 · 0.31%
2022$102,629 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362216167 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.