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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Career Tech High School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300792170
OR · NTEE B25
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pegge Mcguire, Executive Director / CEO ($25,012) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Pegge Mcguire — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,846 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,649 $25,012
$19,12710th
$39,78125th
$53,918Median
$70,44975th
$96,49590th
$25,012This org · 18th
p10$19,127
p25$39,781
p50$53,918
p75$70,449
p90$96,495
$25,012

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to OR cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Concordia Academy-wichita KS$283,423 Headmaster $90,000 $101,696 2024
Doing Art Together Inc NY$279,391 Creative Director $61,200 $59,551 2023
Oldham County Athletic Boosters Inc KY$295,877 Treasurer $4,800 $5,393 2024
Questa Middle School Inc FL$296,242 President $66,078 $64,926 2024
Pleasant Ridge Christian Academy Inc FL$273,043 Director Of Operations $17,308 $17,006 2024
Rural Education And Workforce Alliance KS$270,521 Member $103,710 $120,649 2023
Be Academy Of Steam TN$305,946 Principal $65,000 $71,462 2024
Insight Colearning Center NC$268,088 Executive Director $60,000 $66,759 2023
Commonwealth Christian Academy Inc VA$308,169 President $19,000 $19,188 2024
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Academy Inc TX$265,390 Head Of School $86,592 $88,263 2025
East Burke School Inc VT$264,402 Co Head Of School $62,001 $65,272 2024
Unlimited Dreams Christian Learning Center MS$314,000 Administrator/executive Director $33,000 $39,577 2023
The Bridge Avenue School OH$319,490 Teacher $40,365 $43,563 2025
Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation MD$254,208 Director $120,000 $117,342 2024
Saint Andrews Academy Inc KY$321,409 Secretary $31,250 $34,211 2025
St John Bosco Association OK$250,093 Director $36,000 $40,393 2025
Chesterton Academy Of The FL$237,751 Board Member $22,500 $22,107 2024
Living Oaks Academy SC$237,089 Chairman $21,250 $23,187 2024
College Access Navigators Inc CO$236,191 Executive Director $60,000 $60,176 2024
Alabama Association Of Secondary AL$234,666 Asst. Ex Dir $53,039 $61,702 2023
Jewish Teen Learning Connectioninc CT$342,599 Executive Di $84,276 $82,647 2024
Zion Academy UT$343,350 Teacher $51,391 $56,638 2023
Kinetic Bridges MO$355,361 Exec Dir Of Education $17,136 $18,983 2024
New Jersey School Of Dramatic Arts NJ$216,873 President $45,020 $42,042 2024
Hx Chinese School At Plainsboro NJ$358,021 Trustee $4,000 $3,846 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to OR cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Pegge Mcguire) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,012 is reasonable (approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.