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Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, a leading provider of print and digital instructional materials for pre-K to grade 12, and a producer of educational and entertaining children’s media. The Company creates quality books and ebooks, print and technology-based learning materials and programs, classroom magazines and other products that, in combination, offer schools customized and comprehensive solutions to support children’s learning both at school and at home. The Company also makes quality, affordable books available to all children through school-based book clubs and book fairs. With a 94 year history of service to schools and families, Scholastic continues to carry out its commitment to “Open a World of Possible” for all children. read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
133
TOTAL
RATINGS
1367
Updated on: December 11, 2025

Scholastic Company Culture

Scholastic Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
2.9/5
Scholastic's Overall Culture is rated C-

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Environment
B
Gender
C+
Manager
C+
Perks & Benefits
C+
Team
C+

Scholastic CEO

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Richard Robinson Scholastic's CEO
Richard Robinson
60 /100
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A Day in the Life
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Scholastic employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Scholastic report the work pace is extremely fast
Work Pace
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79% of Scholastic employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Scholastic employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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33% of Scholastic employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Scholastic employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
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66% of Scholastic employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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How does Scholastic make decisions around promotions?

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  • On your personal setting with your superior

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What benefits does Scholastic provide?

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  • No benefits

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What is the hardest interview question Scholastic asks?

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  • In general no one knows anything of that sort to ask. Interview is mostly based on your own personality and checking on soft skills. Nothing...

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What makes you the most proud about working at Scholastic?

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  • Their products. Which are phenomenally good

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What is the company mobility like at Scholastic?

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  • Depending on the vacancy

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What is the best perk or benefit that Scholastic offers?

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  • Holidays are granted easily . As the senior management themselves believe in holidaying a lot.

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Scholastic applied for 11 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 100% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Scholastic has a total of 9700 employees

11
Total Applied
  • 100% Granted (11 out of 11)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 11)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 11)
  • 0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 11)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Scholastic

Top
50%

Scholastic currently ranks in the Top 50% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

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Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Scholastic

Bottom
20%

Scholastic currently ranks in the Bottom 20% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

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eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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-13
eNPS Score
35%Promoters
17%Passives
48%Detractors
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Mission, Vision, & Values

Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, a leading provider of print and digital instructional materials for pre-K to grade 12, and a producer of educational and entertaining children’s media. The Company creates quality books and ebooks, print and technology-based learning materials and programs, classroom magazines and other products that, in combination, offer schools customized and comprehensive solutions to support children’s learning both at school and at home. The Company also makes quality, affordable books available to all children through school-based book clubs and book fairs. With a 94 year history of service to schools and families, Scholastic continues to carry out its commitment to “Open a World of Possible” for all children.

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Scholastic Culture At a Glance

Scholastic has 9700 employees. 133 employees at Scholastic have reviewed Scholastic across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was a month ago.

Overall, the 133 Scholastic employees give their leadership a grade of C-, or Bottom 35% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Scholastic are not very pleased with their total compensation at Scholastic, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Scholastic are generally satisfied with their team. 133 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C+. Half of them believe the meetings at Scholastic are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Scholastic believe the environment at Scholastic is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Scholastic is moderate. About 65% of the employees at Scholastic work 8 hours or less, while 2% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Scholastic are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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Scholastic Competitors Video

Scholastic vs Competitors

  1. 1st
    Cambium Learning Group
    85 / 100
  2. 2nd
    Random House
    76 / 100
  3. 3rd
    Scholastic
    62 / 100
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Perks & Benefits

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