Stride, Inc.

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

December 4, 2025

This Proxy Statement is provided in connection with the solicitation of proxies by and on behalf of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Stride, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for use at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held at the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP, 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1304, on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, and any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Annual Meeting”). “Stride,” “we,” “our,” “us” and the “Company” each refer to Stride, Inc. The mailing address of our principal executive offices is 11720 Plaza America Drive, 9th Floor, Reston, VA, 20190. This Proxy Statement will be made available on or about October 24, 2025, to holders of record as of the close of business on October 14, 2025 of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”).

We are providing access to our proxy materials primarily over the Internet rather than mailing paper copies of those materials to each stockholder. On or about October 24, 2025, we will mail a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) to all stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, except for those stockholders who received paper copies of the proxy materials. The Notice tells you how to: