Strategic Education (STRA) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Strategic Education's Tax Rate came in at 28.31% for Q2 2026, down 0.55 percentage points from 28.86% a year earlier but up 5.84 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Powered by 
Analysis
Strategic Education (STRA) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Strategic Education reported Tax Rate of 26.93%, down 2.84 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 28.63%, down 1.57 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has declined in each of the last three years, though with a five-year change of +4.33 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 30.20% in FY2024 (-0.51 pp), 30.71% in FY2023 (-2.20 pp), 32.92% in FY2022 (+4.83 pp) and 28.08% in FY2021 (+3.79 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Tax Rate is -115.67% (Q1 2023) to 42.71% (Q1 2022).
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.50 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q1 2024 (a gain of 146.83 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2023 (a drop of 158.38 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows STRA's Tax Rate at 22.46% (Q1 2026), 28.71% (Q4 2025) and 27.57% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 11.15 Bn | 10.15 Bn | 273.50 Mn | 25.14% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 9.53 Bn | -1.61 Bn | 5,600.00 | - |
| 3 | TAL Education | 7.16 Bn | -5.83 Bn | 438.20 Mn | - |
| 4 | Laureate Education | 5.43 Bn | 4.73 Bn | 237.67 Mn | 37.33% |
| 5 | Graham Holdings | 5.11 Bn | 202.28 Mn | 392.03 Mn | 11.06% |
| 6 | Covista | 4.47 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 284.63 Mn | 18.37% |
| 7 | Valvoline | 4.04 Bn | 3.75 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 24.07% |
| 8 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 3.63 Bn | 3.07 Bn | 188.96 Mn | 38.24% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.55 Bn | 446.85 Mn | 217.28 Mn | 21.88% |
| 10 | Strategic Education | 1.77 Bn | 1.16 Bn | - | 28.31% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 28.31% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 28.71% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 27.57% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 28.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 29.28% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 33.12% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 28.10% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 28.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 31.17% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 29.14% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 30.27% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 28.80% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 33.56% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 19.26% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 31.33% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 42.71% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 26.45% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 29.93% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 27.25% |
API Access
Strategic Education 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=STRA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "STRA", "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=STRA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();