UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of ~~Earliest~~earliest ~~Event~~event ~~Reported~~reported): ~~September~~ October 1628, 2025

~~Stride, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)~~_______________________________

Delaware		001-33883		95-4774688
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Stride, Inc.

11720 Plaza America, 9th Floor, Reston, Virginia		20190
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 483-7000~~_______________________________

Not Applicable Former name or former address, if changed since last report

Delaware	001-33883	95-4774688
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

11720 Plaza America Drive, 9th Floor

Reston, Virginia 20190

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(703) 483-7000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

_______________________________

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share	LRN	New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨☐

Item 52.02. ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

On ~~September 16~~October 28, 2025, ~~the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of~~ Stride, Inc. (the “Company”) ~~elected,~~issued ~~upon~~a ~~the~~press ~~recommendation~~release ofannouncing ~~the~~its ~~Nominating~~financial ~~and~~results ~~Corporate~~for ~~Governance Committee of~~ the ~~Board~~first ~~(the~~quarter ~~“Nominating~~fiscal ~~Committee”),~~year ~~Robert~~2026 E.ended ~~Knowling, Jr.~~September ~~to serve as a member of the Board~~30, ~~effective immediately~~2025. ~~The~~ ~~Board~~A ~~also~~copy ~~appointed Mr. Knowling to serve as a member~~ of the ~~Audit~~Company’s ~~Committee~~press ofrelease ~~the~~is ~~Board~~furnished ~~(the~~herewith ~~“Audit~~as ~~Committee”) and~~Exhibit ~~the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”)~~99. ~~In connection with the election, the Board approved an increase in the size of the Board from seven members to eight members~~1.

~~There~~The ~~are~~information nocontained ~~arrangements~~in orthis ~~understandings~~Item ~~between~~2.02, Mrincluding Exhibit 99. ~~Knowling and~~1, ~~any~~is ~~other~~being ~~person~~furnished ~~pursuant~~and toshall ~~which~~not ~~Mr. Knowling~~be ~~was~~deemed ~~selected~~“filed” asfor apurposes ~~director~~of Section 18 of the ~~Company.~~Securities ~~Mr. Knowling~~Exchange ~~will~~Act ~~serve~~of 1934, as ~~a director~~amended of (the ~~Company~~“Exchange ~~until~~Act”), ~~the~~or ~~next~~otherwise ~~annual~~be ~~meeting~~subject ofto ~~stockholders~~the liabilities of ~~the~~that ~~Company~~Section. ~~and~~The ~~until~~information ~~his~~in ~~respective~~this ~~successor~~Item is2.02, ~~elected~~including ~~and qualified~~Exhibit or99.1, ~~until~~shall ~~his~~not ~~earlier~~be ~~resignation~~deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, ~~death~~as amended, or ~~removal~~the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

~~Mr. Knowling~~Item ~~will be compensated in accordance with the Company’s Amended Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) in effect from time to time~~9. ~~Based on the Plan, Mr~~01. ~~Knowling will~~ ~~receive~~Financial anStatements ~~annual award of restricted stock equivalent to $250,000, an annual cash retainer of $70,000 for service as a member of the Board,~~ and an additional annual fee of $10,000 for service on each of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, respectively, with the cash compensation prorated for the period from the date of appointment to December 31, 2025Exhibits.

~~SIGNATURES~~(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release regarding financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Stride, Inc.
Date: September 19, 2025	By:	/s/ Greerson G. McMullen
Date: October 28, 2025	By:	/s/ Greerson G. McMullen
	Name:	Greerson G. McMullen
		Greerson G. McMullen
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
		EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

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