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Menlo School403(b)

MENLO SCHOOL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · ATHERTON, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Menlo School reported $246,867 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $13,748 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 0.24%. 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 920th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 480th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.33 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$111,219,446
Participants with balances526
Active participants248
Employer contributions$3,409,549
Employee contributions$2,560,405
Employer contribution per active participant$13,748
Average account balance$211,444
Benefits paid to participants$6,271,981
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCBIZ
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$111.2M · 526 accts · $3.4M emplr
2023$98.3M · 504 accts · $3.1M emplr
2022$86.3M · 506 accts · $3.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$246,867
Total administrative$246,867
Employer contributions to the Menlo School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$13,748
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$13,748 per active participant
2023$12,489 per active participant
2022$12,399 per active participant

Menlo 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 · 20242
TIAA-TEACHERS INS & ANNUITY ASSOC · Recordkeeping$170,206
MORGAN STANLEY DOMESTIC HOLDINGS · Investment management$75,823

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$246,867 · 0.24%
2023$201,647 · 0.22%
2022$219,767 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 943204137 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.