Stride Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Stride (LRN) executive compensation
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LRN · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): December 10, 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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James Rhyu

Latest say-on-pay support

December 4, 2025

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025

The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.

Chief executive total compensation — James Rhyu: $15,623,124 → $21,496,095 (37.6% higher)

Say-on-pay support: 92.8% → 81.3% (11.5 points lower)

CEO pay ratio: 287:1 → 377:1 (31.4% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Stride's chief executive and what were they paid?

James Rhyu was paid $21,496,095 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair for fiscal 2025. Rhyu's total moved 37.6% higher from the $15,623,124 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Stride's say-on-pay result?

The say-on-pay proposal drew 81.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held December 4, 2025 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in Stride's peer group?

The disclosed peer group names ACI Worldwide, Adtalem Global Education, Blackbaud, DocuSign and Dynatrace, among others.

What is Stride's chief executive pay ratio?

The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 377:1, against median employee compensation of $56,973.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
James Rhyu Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Vincent Mathis General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
James Rhyu Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Donna Blackman Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Vincent Mathis Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Les Ottolenghi Chief Information and Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Nathaniel Davis Former Executive Chair Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
James Rhyu Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Donna Blackman Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Vincent Mathis Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Les Ottolenghi Former Chief Information and Technology Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
James Rhyu Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Donna Blackman Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Greerson McMullen Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Vincent Mathis Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Donna Blackman	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Donna Blackman	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Donna Blackman	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Donna Blackman	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Greerson G. McMullen	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
James J. Rhyu	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
James J. Rhyu	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
James J. Rhyu	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
James J. Rhyu	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
James J. Rhyu	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Todd Goldthwaite Managing	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Todd Goldthwaite Managing	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Todd Goldthwaite Managing	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Todd Goldthwaite Managing	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Todd Goldthwaite Managing	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Todd Goldthwaite Managing	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Vincent W. Mathis	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Vincent W. Mathis	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Vincent W. Mathis	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
James Rhyu	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Donna Blackman	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Greerson McMullen	PSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

Donna Blackman

Chief Financial Officer · Change-in-control agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Greerson McMullen

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary · Change-in-control agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

James Rhyu

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair · Employment agreement · citing a 2022 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇

Vincent Mathis

Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary · Change-in-control agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Robert E. Knowling, Jr	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Steven B. Fink Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Joseph A. Verbrugge	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Ralph Smith	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Liza McFadden	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Allison Lawrence	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Aida M. Alvarez	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Craig R. Barrett	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇

James J. Rhyu served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Compensation committee member	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Nominating and governance member	◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

ACI Worldwide ACIW
Adtalem Global Education symbol not shown
Blackbaud BLKB
DocuSign DOCU
Dynatrace DT
Informatica INFA
Kforce KFRC
Laureate Education LAUR
Match Group MTCH
Nutanix NTNX
RingCentral RNG
Roku ROKU
Smartsheet SMAR
SS&C Technologies SSNC
Strategic Education STRA
Teradata TDC
Yelp YELP

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	December 4, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	December 5, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	December 5, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	December 7, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	December 9, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	December 10, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	December 15, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	December 13, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	December 14, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	December 14, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2015	December 15, 2016	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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Everything above is a fact Stride disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.

Peer benchmarking

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Realizable pay

What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.

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Citations

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288 figures on this page: 277 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.

277 cited to the filing

11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed December 10, 2025
0001104659-25-120014
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed October 24, 2025
0001140361-25-039264
CEO Pay Ratio · Fiscal 2023 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table · Fiscal 2025 Director Compensation Table · Fiscal 2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table · and 2 more sections
EX-10, filed March 31, 2025
0001558370-25-005882
Employment Agreement
8-K, filed December 5, 2024
0001171843-24-006771
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed October 25, 2024
0001140361-24-044265
Fiscal 2024 Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed December 8, 2023
0001157523-23-001805
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed October 26, 2023
0001140361-23-049694
Fiscal 2023 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table · Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed December 12, 2022
0001157523-22-001738
Voting Information
DEF 14A, filed October 26, 2022
0001140361-22-038504
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed December 20, 2021
0001104659-21-151353
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed December 15, 2020
0001104659-20-135724
8-K, filed December 18, 2019
0001157523-19-002359
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed December 18, 2018
0001157523-18-002600
8-K, filed December 15, 2017
0001104659-17-073657
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed December 16, 2016
0001104659-16-162619
Filing
0001104659-22-027527
EX-10.8

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Peers Stride discloses

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ACI Worldwide Blackbaud DocuSign Dynatrace Informatica Kforce Laureate Education Match Group Nutanix RingCentral Roku Smartsheet SS&C Technologies Strategic Education Teradata Yelp

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}