Pomfret School

Pomfret School looks stable. The school holds 3.7 years of operating cushion, on the lighter end for a boarding school. Revenue runs 78% tuition-dependent (peer median 79%), heavier than the boarding cohort typically carries, so the cushion does real work. Staff compensation runs 46% of expenses, leaner than the peer median. Expenses are outpacing revenue 6.6% vs -1.6% per year over three years, signaling margin compression worth flagging. NACUBO Composite Financial Index: 4.3 / 10, adequate — monitor.

Pomfret School reported $30.7M in revenue against $31.3M in expenses in fiscal year 2023, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $116.0M — about 3.71x annual operating expense.

Operating margin landed at -2.0%, with 77.9% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts Pomfret School at the p20 on operating margin.