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St. Anne's-Belfield School
Charlottesville, VA · Independent K-12
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St. Anne's-Belfield School looks durable. The school holds 2.3 years of operating cushion, on the lighter end for a boarding school. Revenue runs 81% tuition-dependent (HiveCheck peer-group median 75%), heavier than the boarding cohort typically carries, so the cushion does real work. Staff compensation runs 50% of expenses, about par for the HiveCheck peer group. Expenses are outpacing revenue 5.4% vs 2.2% per year over three years, signaling margin compression worth flagging. NACUBO Composite Financial Index: 6.2 / 10, strong.
St. Anne's-Belfield School reported $42.6M in revenue against $40.4M in expenses in fiscal year 2024, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $94.3M — about 2.33x annual operating expense.
Operating margin landed at 5.3%, with 80.5% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts St. Anne's-Belfield School at the p31 on operating margin.
$42.6M
REVENUE FY2024
5.3%
OP MARGIN
20
PEERS RESOLVED
IRS FORM 990 · DATA THROUGH FY2024
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Among 20 similar peer schools, St. Anne's-Belfield School ranks 11th by latest 990 revenue.
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