Oakbrook Preparatory School

Oakbrook Preparatory School is burning the cushion faster than the 8-month buffer suggests. Expenses are outpacing revenue 7.4% vs 1.3% per year over three years, and the latest operating margin is -13.9% on a 95% 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 8 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: -0.2 / 10, distressed.

Oakbrook Preparatory School operates at 95% tuition dependency — among the most tuition-reliant 10% of peers in its cohort. A soft admissions year would flow straight to operations.

Oakbrook Preparatory School reported $5.3M in revenue against $6.1M in expenses in fiscal year 2023, the most recent filing on record. Net assets stood at $4.0M — about 0.66x annual operating expense.

Operating margin landed at -13.9%, with 95.5% of revenue coming from tuition. Among same-size peers, that puts Oakbrook Preparatory School at the p7 on operating margin.