Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

The Commonwealth School, Inc. Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$29M
Total assets Below avg plan size
47
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$619,553
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan · Sponsored by The Commonwealth School, Inc. · Massachusetts · Educational Services

$29M in assets, 47 participants

The Commonwealth School, Inc.'s The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan reported $29M in total assets and 47 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,230 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)

Where The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan sits by assets

The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $29M for 47 participants (~$619,553/participant), up 10.2% in 2024.

#2,230
in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
+10.2%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan's outsized position by total assets

The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$29,118,987 Top 23% higher than 77% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan is a small filing (47 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan end-of-year assets rose from $26M in the plan year 2023 filing to $29M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan reported participants fell from 48 in the plan year 2023 filing to 47 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 042228167 · The Commonwealth School, Inc. PY 2024 · Other

The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan · $29M · 47 · 77th

  • EOY $29M
  • 5500 47
  • ASSETS 77th
  • PCT Other
  • EIN near Iowa Ironworkers Heavy Highway Defined Contribution Plan
  • RANK ind #2230

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$26M
Net Assets (End of Year)$29M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN042228167
Plan Effective Date1959-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Commonwealth School, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Commonwealth School, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$29M 27.730928071606904% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$22M$24M$26M$28M$30M 202220232024 $22.8M $29.1M ▲ +27.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 44 $23M
2023 1 48 $26M
2024 1 47 $29M

Nearby Other Plans in Massachusetts

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.029118987 · Participants: 47The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC PlanHarvard University Tax Deferred Annuity Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.299350229 · Participants: 24395Harvard University Tax Deferred Annuity PlanBeth Israel Lahey 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.507933231 · Participants: 33591Beth Israel Lahey 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanBoston University Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.976139 · Participants: 8173Boston University Retirement PlanNortheastern University Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.641546036 · Participants: 8900Northeastern University Retirement PlanBoston University Supplemental Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.735973854 · Participants: 12869Boston University Supplemental Retirement and Savings Plan
The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Other by assets is Iowa Ironworkers Heavy Highway Defined Contribution Plan in IA ($29M); by covered participants it is New Haven Legal Assistance Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in CT (47 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (47 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.2% during 2024, from $26M to $29M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have The Commonwealth School, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Commonwealth School, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.7%, from $23M to $29M.
Where does The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan ranks in the 77th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Iowa Ironworkers Heavy Highway Defined Contribution Plan in IA ($29M, 723 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Commonwealth School, Inc. DC Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is New Haven Legal Assistance Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in CT (47 participants, $7M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 042228167.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.