Scholastic Corporation SCHL

Company Overview

Scholastic Corporation is a global publishing, education, and media company focused primarily on children’s books and educational materials. The company operates within the children’s publishing, education services, and educational media industries, generating revenue through the creation, distribution, and licensing of content designed to support literacy and learning from early childhood through adolescence.

The company’s core revenue drivers are its Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution and Education Solutions businesses, which include printed and digital books, classroom magazines, literacy programs, and instructional materials. Scholastic primarily serves schools, teachers, parents, and children, with a unique direct-to-school distribution model that differentiates it from traditional trade publishers. Founded in 1920 by Richard Robinson, Scholastic began as a single classroom magazine publisher and evolved over the decades into the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, expanding through organic growth, licensing agreements, and international operations.