FILE NOS. 333-160595 AND 811-22311

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 15, 2011

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 þ

Post-Effective Amendment No. 13

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 þ

Amendment No. 15

SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)

(800) 648-5300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Marie Chandoha
211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies of communications to:

David J. Lekich, Esq.	Douglas P. Dick, Esq.
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	Dechert LLP
211 Main Street	1775 I Street, N.W.
SF211MN-05-491	Washington, D.C. 20006-2401
San Francisco, CA 94105

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

þ	Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
	On (date), pursuant to paragraph (b)
	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
	On (date), pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
	On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

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o This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Post Effective Amendment No. 13 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post Effective Amendment No. 13 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, in the State of California, on the 15th day of July, 2011.

SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
Registrant
 

Marie Chandoha*  

Marie Chandoha, President and Chief Executive Officer   

     Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated this 15th day of July, 2011.

Signature	Title
Walter W. Bettinger, II*	Chairman and Trustee
Walter W. Bettinger, II
Robert W. Burns*	Trustee
Robert W. Burns
Robert W. Goldfarb*	Trustee
Robert W. Goldfarb
Charles A. Ruffel*	Trustee
Charles A. Ruffel
Marie Chandoha*	President and Chief Executive Officer
Marie Chandoha
George Pereira*	Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
George Pereira

*By:	/s/ Douglas P. Dick
	Douglas P. Dick, Attorney-in-Fact
	Pursuant to Power of Attorney

EXHIBIT INDEX
EX 101.INS	XBRL Taxonomy Instance Document
EX 101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Schema Document
EX 101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
EX 101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
EX 101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
EX 101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document

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