
Most studio owners set tuition by checking what the studio down the street charges, then adding a few dollars. Then they wonder why a full schedule still doesn’t leave anything at the end of the month.
Your tuition should come from your numbers, not someone else’s. This dashboard is the system I use to track budget, set rates, and see which classes are making money and which ones are costing me.
What’s inside:
Master Budget: Every studio expense and income line, weekly, monthly, and yearly, with budget vs. actual side by side
Actual Monthly Numbers: Track real income and expenses month by month through the full season, summer included
Setting Tuition Rates: Calculates your cost to open per hour, overhead per student, and the minimum number of students a class needs to break even. Then plan next year’s rates by class length, company, privates, and unlimited passes
Class Profit/Loss: See the profit or loss on every class, its maximum capacity and income, and how much more each class could earn if it were full
Attrition, Retention & Enrollment: Track enrollment against your goals from summer through May, plus drops per teacher, so you can see where you’re losing families and when
It also includes income lines for tiered memberships (Starter, Growth, Premium), so it works whether you bill by class or by membership.
This is for you if:
You’re not sure which of your classes are actually profitable
You raise tuition by guessing
You keep a full schedule and still feel like there’s no money left over
You want to see your retention problems before June, not after
Built by a studio owner with over 35 years in the business, for studio owners who are done guessing.
Works in Excel, Google Sheets, or OpenOffice.