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Lawrence Academy403(b)

LAWRENCE ACADEMY RETIREMENT PLAN · GROTON, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.09%

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

Lawrence Academy reported $34,703 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,448 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 rose from 0.02% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 836th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,088th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, employees put in $1.15 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 153 to 128 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,152,012
Participants with balances325
Active participants128
Employer contributions$953,355
Employee contributions$1,098,939
Employer contribution per active participant$7,448
Average account balance$120,468
Benefits paid to participants$3,756,981
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$39.2M · 325 accts · $953K emplr
2024$35.3M · 322 accts · $897K emplr
2023$32.8M · 324 accts · $862K emplr
2022$29.1M · 325 accts · $781K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,703
Total administrative$34,703
Employer contributions to the Lawrence Academy plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$7,448
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$7,448 per active participant
2024$7,116 per active participant
2023$5,866 per active participant
2022$5,104 per active participant

Lawrence Academy's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
ADMIN PARTNERS LLC · Contract administrator$10,917

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$34,703 · 0.09%
2024$31,989 · 0.09%
2023$21,751 · 0.07%
2022$5,660 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042105775 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.