Scholastic Corporation (SCHL)

Children’s book publisher counted by channel, warehouses lead. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026, filed July 24, 2026. Ranked 26 of the 31 Communication Services companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Scholastic’s 6,905 employees are counted by channel: 3,110 in warehouses for book fairs and distribution, 2,420 in publishing and school channels, 755 in central functions and 620 in entertainment.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 24% now, 38% at the end of 2027, 43% at the end of 2028, 44% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 44% desk work, 17% people work and 39% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 56% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 31% becomes checking a model's work and 11% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

6,905 employees as of May 31, 2026 (stated). 4,710 of 6,905 employees are in the United States, by the filing’s count.

The filing: “As of May 31, 2026, the Company had approximately 6,905 employees, of which 4,710 were located in the United States and 2,195 outside the United States.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 6,905 employees, 4,710 in the U.S.; 74% full-time, 22% part-time, 4% seasonal, the seasonal employees mostly in the school-based businesses; counts by channel: central functions 755, primary U.S. warehouse 700, book fairs warehouses 1,865, school reading events 570, trade 235, education 580, entertainment 620, international 1,035, international warehouses 545.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Warehousing and Storage, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Amazon (AMZN, 1,576,000 employees)19% now, 33% by 2028
• MercadoLibre, Inc. (MELI, 123,670 employees)23% now, 41% by 2028
• Coupang, Inc. (CPNG, 108,000 employees)18% now, 21% by 2028
• GXO Logistics, Inc. (GXO, 105,000 employees)17% now, 22% by 2028
• Ryder System, Inc. (R, 51,600 employees)18% now, 23% by 2028
• Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM, 29,400 employees)19% now, 28% by 2028
• Lineage, Inc. (LINE, 24,000 employees)17% now, 22% by 2028
• Chewy, Inc. (CHWY, 18,000 employees)24% now, 31% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

16 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI 16 times, as a risk: generative AI as a competitive and legal risk to its core business model, and cost savings that depend on implementing AI and other technologies.

• “The Company's ability to achieve certain of the anticipated cost savings could be dependent on the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") and other technologies and the Company may not be successful implementing such technologies.”
• “The rapid development and proliferation of generative artificial intelligence technologies could subject us to increased competitive pressure and legal risks.”
• “Generative artificial intelligence ("Generative AI") technologies pose a broader and more fundamental set of risks to the Company's core business model that the Company may be unable to fully anticipate or mitigate.”
• “Generative AI tools are now capable of producing children's stories, illustrations, educational content, and entertainment scripts at materially lower cost and at greater speed than traditional human-led editorial and creative processes.”
• “The growing use of self-publishing technologies by authors already represents a competitive risk to the Company's trade publishing business, and the integration of Generative AI into self-publishing workflows is likely to significantly amplify this risk over time.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20244median 4
• Fiscal 202516median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The book fairs warehouses, 1,865 mostly part-time employees, are read as warehouse work; the fairs themselves are held at schools.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000866729-26-000018, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.