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The Carroll School403(b)

THE CARROLL SCHOOL RETIREMENT PLAN · LINCOLN, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

The Carroll School reported $32,791 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,277 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 0.098%. 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 902nd-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,170th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $2.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,883,270
Participants with balances358
Active participants225
Employer contributions$737,246
Employee contributions$1,730,727
Employer contribution per active participant$3,277
Average account balance$97,439
Benefits paid to participants$4,465,499
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLEONARD, MULHERIN & GREENE, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.9M · 358 accts · $737K emplr
2023$31.8M · 355 accts · $653K emplr
2022$27.6M · 336 accts · $584K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$493
Audit (IQPA)$32,298
Total administrative$32,791
Employer contributions to the The Carroll School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,277
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,277 per active participant
2023$2,956 per active participant
2022$2,837 per active participant

The Carroll 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.

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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
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$32,298

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$32,791 · 0.10%
2023$39,370 · 0.13%
2022$31,367 · 0.10%
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Boston Higashi School, Inc MA$36.9M · 0.01%
The Pike School, Inc. MA$35.5M · 0.13%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042145258 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.