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The Lowell School403(b)

THE LOWELL SCHOOL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · WHITESTONE, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.73%

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

The Lowell School reported $21,098 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.73% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,862 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 0.79% to 0.73%. 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 New York (4,928th of 5,648), and 2,734th of 3,091 in educational services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,913,338
Participants with balances73
Active participants81
Employer contributions$150,792
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$1,862
Average account balance$39,909
Benefits paid to participants$439,497
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSATTY, LEVINE & CIACCO, CPAS, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.9M · 73 accts · $151K emplr
2023$2.9M · 88 accts · $154K emplr
2022$2.5M · 87 accts · $137K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,098
Total administrative$21,098
Employer contributions to the The Lowell School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,862
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,862 per active participant
2023$1,748 per active participant
2022$1,571 per active participant

The Lowell School's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$21,098 · 0.73%
2023$20,577 · 0.76%
2022$18,607 · 0.79%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 113120337 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.