Like most independent schools, Peregrine School faces the challenge that tuition alone covers only some of our expenses (89.5%). Next year, our expenses are anticipated to increase by 6%, mostly due to wages increase.  Wages are already our single largest expense as they make up 65% of our total expenses. Minimum wage is increasing by $4.00 over 4 years (~7.5% each year) until it reaches $15.00/hour in 2022, meaning wages will become an even greater expense. Our funding challenge over the next two years is to keep pay equity. This means that as minimum wage increases, we need to raise all our staff comparably, not just the staff earning minimum wage.

The 2020-2021 tuition must increase enough to cover most of our anticipated additional expenses. However, raising tuition is not sustainable. In order to stabilize tuition rates, we need your help to increase our non-tuition sources of income. Every gift matters. Every gift makes a difference.​