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The Cove School, Inc.401(k)

THE COVE SCHOOL RETIREMENT PLAN · NORTHBROOK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

The Cove School, Inc. reported $10,060 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $418 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.18% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,566th of 3,702), and 2,241st of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $9.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 119 to 157 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,241,107
Participants with balances131
Active participants157
Employer contributions$65,697
Employee contributions$607,302
Employer contribution per active participant$418
Average account balance$62,909
Benefits paid to participants$308,905
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.2M · 131 accts · $66K emplr
2023$6.9M · 129 accts · $59K emplr
2022$5.6M · 120 accts · $56K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,060
Total administrative$10,060
The The Cove School, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$418
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$418 per active participant
2023$389 per active participant
2022$468 per active participant

The Cove School, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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 · 20241
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$10,060

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Newport (Ascensus)
2023Newport (Ascensus)

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Administrative cost history3
2024$10,060 · 0.13%
2023$9,533 · 0.15%
2022$10,556 · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 390930993 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.