Scholastic (SCHL) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Peter Warwick, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $3.3M in 2025, up 62% from $2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 74:1, on median employee pay of $44,451.

Filed
August 7, 2025
Annual meeting
September 17, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$3.3M+62% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
74:1median $44,451
CEO pay in equity
27%$885,512 in awards
CEO incentive award
$1.25MFiscal 2025 target
CEO option awards
$760,511Grant-date fair value
Mathews total compensation
$2.68MHighest non-CEO total
Glover total compensation
$1.37MJoined January 2024
CEO stock awards
$125,001Grant-date fair value

How Warwick was paid

$3.3M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary30%Stock awards4%Option awards23%Non-equity incentive42%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Peter WarwickPresident and Chief Executive Officer$3,300,513
Haji GloverExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,365,358
Jeffrey MathewsExecutive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer$2,680,448
Iole LuccheseChair of the Board, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer$2,210,896
Sasha QuintonExecutive Vice President and President, School Reading Events$1,606,027

What changed and why

  • $3.3M$3,300,513 CEO total compensation increased from $2,038,591 in fiscal 2024.
  • $1.4M$1,374,986 CEO incentive compensation represented the largest cash component of fiscal 2025 pay.
  • $761K$760,511 CEO option awards were granted in fiscal 2025, alongside $125,001 of stock awards.
  • $2.7M$2,680,448 Jeffrey Mathews received the second-highest fiscal 2025 total among named executives.
  • $44,45174:1 was the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median employee compensation of $44,451.
  • Three-year performance stock units for executives use fiscal 2025–2027 average performance metrics.

Other Scholastic proxy statements

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.