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La Lumiere School Inc
Laporte, IN · Independent schoolNAIS MEMBER
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La Lumiere School Inc sits in the watch range. The school holds only 1.8 years of operating cushion, unusually thin for a boarding school's residential capex load. Revenue runs 72% tuition-dependent (peer median 82%), moderate diversification with a meaningful endowment and contributions base. Staff compensation runs 55% of expenses, leaner than the peer median. Expenses are outpacing revenue -2.4% vs -5.8% per year over three years, signaling margin compression worth flagging. NACUBO Composite Financial Index: 2.4 / 10, watch.
La Lumiere School Inc reported $5.8M in revenue against $6.7M in expenses in fiscal year 2024, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $12.0M — about 1.78x annual operating expense.
Operating margin landed at -15.6%, with 71.7% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts La Lumiere School Inc at the p100 on operating margin.
$5.8M
REVENUE FY2024
-15.6%
OP MARGIN
20
PEERS RESOLVED
IRS FORM 990 · DATA THROUGH FY2024
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Among 20 similar peer schools, La Lumiere School Inc ranks 16th by latest 990 revenue.
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