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Montessori Children's House, Grand Traverse
Traverse City, MI · Independent schoolNAIS MEMBER
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Montessori Children's House, Grand Traverse looks durable. The school holds 17 months of operating cushion, adequate runway. Revenue is unusually diversified at 50% tuition-dependent (peer median 86%). Staff compensation runs 64% of expenses, leaner than the peer median. NACUBO Composite Financial Index: 9.6 / 10, strong.
Montessori Children's House, Grand Traverse runs only 50% tuition-dependent — unusually diversified for an independent school. Endowment payout and contributions carry meaningful weight in the operating budget.
Montessori Children's House, Grand Traverse reported $9.5M in revenue against $5.6M in expenses in fiscal year 2024, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $8.1M — about 1.44x annual operating expense.
Operating margin landed at 40.9%, with 49.8% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts Montessori Children's House, Grand Traverse at the p73 on operating margin.
$9.5M
REVENUE FY2024
40.9%
OP MARGIN
20
PEERS RESOLVED
IRS FORM 990 · DATA THROUGH FY2024
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WHERE THIS SCHOOL SITS · REVENUE SCALE VS PEERS
Among 20 similar peer schools, Montessori Children's House, Grand Traverse ranks 2nd by latest 990 revenue.
Revenue scale
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- Local economy — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, QCEW and CES.
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