{"id":2288,"date":"2023-06-14T16:28:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casperchristianschool.org\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2023-06-14T16:28:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:28:26","slug":"funding-private-christian-schools-in-todays-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casperchristianschool.org\/funding-private-christian-schools-in-todays-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Private Christian Schools in Today’s World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Mission of Casper Christian School is to partner with the home and the church to provide students with Christ centered academic excellence that equips them to serve Christ in the world.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is our mission– now, how do we make it happen? There is so much that goes into this, I can’t cover it all in one writing. Prayer, for us, is always the first thing we talk about because without prayer and going to the King, nothing works. Funds are the next thing we need and how do we do that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Funding a private Christian School is one of things that fall under the umbrella of advancement director at Casper Christian School. This will not always be the case, however, when a school is developing, a balance has to be maintained when it comes to growth in departments. Many schools start with one person because, with a school, we need teachers and lots of other things, so we have to have a balance in how we hire, especially in the beginning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the greatest challenges facing Christian schools today is ensuring income is at least equal to the operational costs of implementing the mission. It\u2019s a simple equation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Income \u2013 Expenses = Positive Number<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, this challenge is not that rare in our world today. Unlike our nation, schools don\u2019t have the luxury of incurring large deficits year after year. While there are lots of tools and guidance to help schools deepen the Christian and educational aspects of their missions, there is little available to school leaders to help run the business of the school. This often falls on the board of directors and the marketing and development department, along with accounting, of course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are actually very few schools that can balance their budget with tuition income alone. Fewer than five percent of private schools in the United States manage this feat. Most schools that manage to balance the budget with only tuition income often do so at the expense of faculty salaries and\/or vital maintenance to school facilities. It is very rare that tuition covers a school’s operational expenses. In the case of Casper Christian School, it covers just under half of what it takes to educate one student per year which is approximately $13,000 for our school. Click here, https:\/\/casperchristianschool.org\/tuition-rates\/<\/a> to see the tuition schedule for CCS. Every school probably varies a little and according to Average Private School Tuition Cost (2023) (privateschoolreview.com<\/a>, the average national tuition for private school is around $15,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, what are the solutions? <\/p>\n\n\nThe Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n