Trinity Lutheran High School
Legal name: South Central Lutheran Association for Secondary Education Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 352093212
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Seymour, IN, USA
- Phone
- (812) 524-8547
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Secondary, High School
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,777,644
- Expenses
- $3,168,334
- Assets
- $8,366,472
- Liabilities
- $76,426
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- CLAYTON DARLAGE (ADMINISTRATOR): $144,518 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Build a quality school environment in which to provide a christ-centered secondary education for jackson and bartholomew counties. At Trinity, we work daily to fulfill our mission of educating, developing, and preparing Christian servants and leaders. Our faculty and staff set high expectations for student learning and provide a nurturing, Christ-centered environment where students have the opportunity to grow spiritually, academically, and socially. As you consider a Trinity Lutheran High School education for your child, I am here to help. The best way to begin getting to know us is to schedule a tour at your convenience or schedule a shadow day for your student. Please **contact me** if interested! Please feel free to reach out to us to learn more, get your questions answered, and find out if Trinity is a good fit for.
What it reported doing in 2024
Trinity lutheran high school is a fully accredited high school dedicated to educating, developing, and preparing students for the challenges of life. Trinity has high expectations for its students in their quest for future success and service to their community and the world. With a current enrollment of 186 students, trinity offers a full schedule of sports, academic clubs, and extra-curricular activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.8%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $14.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.64; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 73.8% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.