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The Archer School for Girls403(b)

THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS DC RETIREMENT PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.21%

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

The Archer School for Girls reported $73,068 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.21% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,599 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 0.05% to 0.21%. 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 2,263rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,120th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, employees put in $1.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,311,406
Participants with balances306
Active participants119
Employer contributions$785,327
Employee contributions$898,730
Employer contribution per active participant$6,599
Average account balance$121,933
Benefits paid to participants$2,189,577
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$37.3M · 306 accts · $785K emplr
2024$32.7M · 314 accts · $756K emplr
2023$29.0M · 353 accts · $719K emplr
2022$25.4M · 352 accts · $672K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$73,068
Total administrative$73,068
Employer contributions to the The Archer School for Girls plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$6,599
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$6,599 per active participant
2024$6,148 per active participant
2023$6,149 per active participant
2022$5,698 per active participant

The Archer School for Girls'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 · 20253
TIAA$26,930
THREE BELL CAPITAL, LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment advisory (participants)$24,310
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$18,196

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$73,068 · 0.21%
2024$65,047 · 0.21%
2023$55,475 · 0.20%
2022$14,288 · 0.05%
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The Branson School CA$40.7M · 0.16%
Bentley School, Inc. CA$39.1M · 0.00%
Woodbury University CA$37.5M · 0.08%
The Hamlin School CA$37.3M · 0.15%
Kipp Foundation CA$37.0M · 0.09%
The Webb Schools CA$36.5M · 0.11%
San Francisco Day School CA$35.5M · 0.05%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954463705 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.