PA Cyber
Legal name: The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 233037992
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Midland, PA, USA
- Phone
- 8887229237
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $223,622,128
- Expenses
- $169,113,762
- Assets
- $461,175,516
- Liabilities
- $214,027,836
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EDWARD ELDER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- STEPHEN ROBINSON (PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN HAYDEN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- BRIAN HAYDEN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $378,571 total reported compensation
- FRANCES SPIGELMYER (CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER): $331,714 total reported compensation
- MATTHEW SCHULTE (TREASURER/CHIEF FINANCIAL): $323,472 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Empower all students and families to become active participants in their own learning and equip them with skills for the future. We achieve this through engaging content, delivered by innovative teaching in a culture of caring. In addition to our robust online offerings, PA Cyber has regional office locations throughout Pennsylvania that offer resources and support for our students and families. Learn More More About PA Cyber. Image of Philly's regional office lobby Vision & Mission Empowering students since 2000. Archie with Pa Cyber Graduates Our Charter Read our charter as granted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1200 Midland Ave Board of Trustees Since our founding in 2000, we have been guided by a Board of Trustees who ensure we fulfill our charter. Student at PA Cyber office Join Us!
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide educational services to approximately 10,900 students in grades k-12.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.8%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 24.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.73; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 58.8% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $138.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $379K · 20 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $41M reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 13 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.