Chicago Jewish Day School

Chicago Jewish Day School looks stable. The school holds 2.2 years of operating cushion, a healthy buffer. Revenue runs 67% tuition-dependent (peer median 80%), diversified by day-school standards, with meaningful contribution and investment income. Staff compensation runs 49% of expenses, well below the peer median, worth understanding why. Expenses are outpacing revenue 13.1% vs 7.2% per year over three years, signaling margin compression worth flagging. NACUBO Composite Financial Index: 4.4 / 10, adequate — monitor.

Chicago Jewish Day School reported $10.3M in revenue against $10.4M in expenses in fiscal year 2023, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $22.5M — about 2.17x annual operating expense.

Operating margin landed at -0.5%, with 67.1% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts Chicago Jewish Day School at the p50 on operating margin.