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Filing year 2023

BEACON ACADEMY A MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL

Evanston, Illinois·EIN 45-5000715·NTEE B25 · Education·3
Total revenue
$7.3M
Total assets
$13.4M
Total expenses
$7.8M
Reported officers
18
Mission

BEACON ACADEMY OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE AND CHALLENGING EDUCATION BASED ON MONTESSORI PRINCIPLES THAT PLACES A PRIORITY ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING, AND IN-DEPTH INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. BEACON STUDENTS WILL MASTER THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND HABITS OF MIND NECESSARY TO MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTE TO A COMPLEX AND DIVERSE WORLD WITH COMPASSION AND CONFIDENCE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Head of School
key employee
$293k
$325k
Base
$284k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Assistant Head of School
key employee
$201k
$222k
Base
$179k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$22k
Business Manager
highest compensated employee
$148k
$164k
Academic Dean & Math Instructor
highest compensated employee
$132k
$146k
Director of Admissions & F
highest compensated employee
$117k
$129k
Former Head of School
former officer/director/trustee
$108k
$120k
Base
$108k
Bonus
Other
Benefits

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 14%
from 2022

From $258k in 2022 to $293k in 2023.

$258k
2022
$293k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 10% in real terms$295k to $325k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

BEACON ACADEMY A MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$6.7M
$7.6M
2022
$7.3M
$7.8M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Illinois

Comparable education organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $79,978.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$79,978
75th percentile
$195k
90th percentile
$368k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 362 organizations across 362 filings (2021 – 2023).

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