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St. Mark's School
Southborough, MA · Independent K-12
THE READ · FREE SUMMARY
St. Mark's School looks stable. The school holds 4.1 years of operating cushion, on the lighter end for a boarding school. Revenue runs 73% tuition-dependent (HiveCheck peer-group median 78%), moderate diversification with a meaningful endowment and contributions base. Staff compensation runs 46% of expenses, well below the peer median, worth understanding why. NACUBO Composite Financial Index: 3.2 / 10, adequate — monitor.
St. Mark's School reported $37.0M in revenue against $47.8M in expenses in fiscal year 2024, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $196.7M — about 4.11x annual operating expense.
Operating margin landed at -29.3%, with 73.5% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts St. Mark's School at the p0 on operating margin.
$37.0M
REVENUE FY2024
-29.3%
OP MARGIN
20
PEERS RESOLVED
IRS FORM 990 · DATA THROUGH FY2024
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Among 20 similar peer schools, St. Mark's School ranks 16th by latest 990 revenue.
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