K-12 MARKET PROJECTIONS
Aggregate college sales for those ranked as being
dominant contenders in the higher education arena rose
by a modest 2.3 percent to $4.889 billion in 2012 from
$4.779 billion in 2011.
• McGraw-Hill Education was ranked as the
third-largest school publisher in 2012, with
sales of $850 million, down from $949 million
in the previous year.
• School Specialty ranked fourth with sales of
$675 million for its FY ended April 28, 2013,
down 7.8 percent from $732 million in the
previous fiscal year.
• Scholastic ranked fifth with sales of $446
million in its FY ended May 31, 2013, compared with $463 million in the comparable
year-ago period.
• Top ranked Pearson was the only school
publisher of the five surveyed to achieve a
sales increase, 2.8 percent to $2.324 billion
from $2.260 billion in 2011. The sales, reflecting curriculum and assessment/information sales, are those of the company’s North
American Education segment. Total sales for
this segment, which reflect both school and
higher education, were $4.226 billion in 2012,
compared to $4.109 billion in 2011.
• HMH Holdings Inc., previously known as
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, was ranked as
the second-largest K-12 publisher in 2012,
with sales of $1.129 billion, down from $1.170
billion in 2011.
Table 2.5 - EMR Ranking 2012: School And College Publishers
SCHOOL PUBLISHERS
2012
2011
Change
Pearson (1)
$2.324 billion
$2.260 billion
2.8%
HMH Holdings (Delaware) (2)
$1.129 billion
$1.170 billion
-3.5%
McGraw-Hill (3)
$850 million
$949 million
-10.4%
School Specialty (4)
$675 million
$732 million
-7.8%
Scholastic (5)
$446 million
$463 million
-3.7%
Total
$5.424 billion
$5.574 billion
-2.7%
COLLEGE PUBLISHERS
Cengage (6)
$1.993 billion
$1.876 billion
6.2%
Pearson (7)
$1.902 billion
$1.849 billion
2.9%
McGraw-Hill (8)
$660 million
$740 million
-11.0%
John Wiley (9)
$334 million
$314 million
6.4%
$4.889 billion
$4.779 billion
2.3%
Total
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