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Filing year 2023

The River School

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-2172713·NTEE B28 · Education·3
Total revenue
$13.2M
Total assets
$27.6M
Total expenses
$11.6M
Reported officers
24
Mission

Independent school offering programs for infants, toddlers, preschool, and elementary school aged children with and without hearing loss.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Head of School/vice President
$427k
$468k
Base
$402k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Assistant Head of School
highest compensated employee
$192k
$210k
Base
$185k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director of Admissions
highest compensated employee
$164k
$179k
Base
$149k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Dir Advancement
highest compensated employee
$163k
$178k
Base
$157k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Dir of Elementary Curriculum
highest compensated employee
$150k
$164k
Dir of Human Resources
highest compensated employee
$136k
$149k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 17 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 9%
from 2022

From $393k in 2022 to $427k in 2023.

$393k
2022
$427k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 5% in real terms$444k to $468k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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

The River School reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$13.8M
$9.8M
2022
$13.2M
$11.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable education organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,769.

25th percentile
$107k
Median
$180,769
75th percentile
$290k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 156 organizations across 156 filings (2022 – 2023).

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