Scholastic (SCHL) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
Scholastic (SCHL) reported Tax Rate of 24.01% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 2.69 percentage points from 26.70% a year earlier and down 11.16 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Scholastic (SCHL) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 31, 2026, Scholastic's Tax Rate came in at 36.05%, up 97.58 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at 33.45%, up 79.60 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of -6.66 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Tax Rate came in at -46.15% in FY2025 (-71.46 pp), 25.31% in FY2024 (+2.27 pp), 23.04% in FY2023 (+13.34 pp) and 9.70% in FY2022 (-30.41 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q3 2024.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.72 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q3 2025 (a gain of 63.91 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2026 (a drop of 55.41 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 35.17% (Q4 2026), 31.92% (Q3 2026) and 26.35% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | - |
| 2 | Fox | 28.87 Bn | 14.68 Bn | - | 24.43% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.69 Bn | 4.78 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 27.11% |
| 4 | News | 17.02 Bn | 8.51 Bn | - | 17.27% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.88 Bn | 8.99 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.24 Bn | 8.72 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 25.40% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.17 Bn | 8.75 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 23.40% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.82 Bn | 5.74 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.72 Bn | -6.32 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Scholastic | 731.34 Mn | 285.74 Mn | 98.70 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 35.17% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 31.92% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 26.35% |
| May 31, 2025 | 68.51% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 30.29% |
| May 31, 2024 | 24.10% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 24.24% |
| May 31, 2023 | 20.71% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 25.27% |
| May 31, 2022 | 2.98% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 23.23% |
| May 31, 2021 | 3.75% |
| Nov 30, 2020 | 26.05% |
| Nov 30, 2019 | 32.22% |
| May 31, 2019 | 43.71% |
| Nov 30, 2018 | 27.24% |
| May 31, 2018 | 29.15% |
| Nov 30, 2017 | 37.73% |
| May 31, 2017 | 38.32% |
| Nov 30, 2016 | 38.83% |
Scholastic Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "SCHL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();