Alcuin Montessori School

Alcuin Montessori School is burning the cushion faster than the 3-month buffer suggests. Expenses are outpacing revenue 23.0% vs 16.4% per year over three years, and the latest operating margin is -5.6% on a 97% tuition-dependent revenue mix. Covering the deficit at today's rate, reserves would last roughly 4.5 more years — the full budget, by contrast, is covered for about 3 months if every revenue line stopped. The board conversation here is the recovery plan for the operating model and the timeline to break-even. NACUBO Composite Financial Index: -1.5 / 10, distressed.

Alcuin Montessori School operates at 97% tuition dependency — among the most tuition-reliant 7% of peers in its cohort. A soft admissions year would flow straight to operations.

Alcuin Montessori School reported $5.0M in revenue against $5.3M in expenses in fiscal year 2023, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $1.3M — about 0.25x annual operating expense.

Operating margin landed at -5.6%, with 96.6% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts Alcuin Montessori School at the p30 on operating margin.