May River Montessori

May River Montessori is burning the cushion faster than the 5-month buffer suggests. Expenses are outpacing revenue -0.0% vs -9.5% per year over three years, and the latest operating margin is -9.4% on a 88% tuition-dependent revenue mix. Covering the deficit at today's rate, reserves would last roughly 4.7 more years — the full budget, by contrast, is covered for about 5 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: -0.9 / 10, distressed.

May River Montessori holds only 5 months of operating expense in reserve — a thin runway that warrants understanding before walking into a campus visit.

May River Montessori reported $1.8M in revenue against $2.0M in expenses in fiscal year 2024, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $865K — about 0.44x annual operating expense.

Operating margin landed at -9.4%, with 88.0% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts May River Montessori at the p9 on operating margin.