Northlake Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 720841693
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Covington, LA, USA
- Phone
- 985.635.0400
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,417,637
- Expenses
- $19,217,315
- Assets
- $29,470,735
- Liabilities
- $20,903,718
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- GLENN MARTIN (HEAD OF SCHOOL (6/1/24 - 12/31/24)): $271,165 total reported compensation
- JAMES WILLIS (HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYE): $110,936 total reported compensation
- BENJAMIN WARNER (ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL): $78,325 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Northlake Christian School exists to assist the Christian community in providing a Christian environment in which faith can be integrated with learning to offer a high quality education for its students from six weeks through twelfth grade. Dr. Englert’s deep understanding of the school’s culture, history and mission uniquely positions him to lead with vision and continuity. Englert shared, “I am honored to lead this school and remain committed to NCS’s strong and enduring legacy, guided by our verse, Psalm 1:3, ‘ _That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither - whatever they do prospers._ ’” Founded in 1978, NCS is a private, non-denominational, christian school serving students from infancy through high school. Located on the Northshore in Covington, Louisiana, NCS partners with families to provide a...
What it reported doing in 2024
The operation of a christian school to educate children from daycare through 12th grade. 1,236 students were enrolled during the fiscal year ended 5/31/2025.ncs also operates a summer day camp for students entering kindergarten-6th grade. 515 campers participated during the fiscal year ended 5/31/2025. Ncs' class of 2025 graduated 66 students who earned more than $7.3 million in college scholarships; 88% matriculated to a 4 year college or university.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.71; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 79.3% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $271K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.7M reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.