N-CSR

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-22311

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)

Marie Chandoha
Schwab Strategic Trust — Schwab U.S. REIT ETF Fund
     211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105     
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 636-7000

Date of fiscal year end: February 28

Date of reporting period: February 28, 2013

Item 1: Report(s) to Shareholders.

Annual report dated February 28, 2013, enclosed.

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Annual Report

February 28, 2013

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In This Report

Performance at a Glance	2
From the President	3
Fund Management	5
Performance and Fund Facts	6
Fund Expenses	8
Financial Statements and Portfolio Holdings	9
Financial Notes	15
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	22
Other Information	23
Trustees and Officers	24
Glossary	27
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Fund investment adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM).
Distributor: SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SIDCO).

The Sector/Industry classifications in this report use the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by and is the exclusive property of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The Industry classifications used in the schedule of Portfolio Holdings are sub-categories of Sector classifications.

Performance at a Glance

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabetfs.com.

Total Return for the 12 Months Ended February 28, 2013
Schwab U.S. REIT ETFtm (Ticker Symbol: SCHH)
NAV Return1	15.83%
Market Price Return1	15.78%
Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT IndexSM	16.02%
ETF Category: Morningstar Real Estate2	19.81%
Performance Details	pages 6-7

All fund and index figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of fund shares.

Investment returns will fluctuate and are subject to market volatility, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

Index ownership —“Standard & Poor’s” and “S&P” are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and “Dow Jones” is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”) and have been licensed for use by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and its affiliates and sublicensed for certain purposes by CSIM. The “Dow Jones U.S. U.S. Select REIT Index” is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates, and has been licensed for use by CSIM. The Schwab U.S. REIT ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, S&P, or their respective affiliates and neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, S&P, nor their respective affiliates make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product.

1

The fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which the shares of the fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the fund’s NAV is calculated. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

2

Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.

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From the President

Marie Chandoha is President and CEO of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. and the fund covered in this report.

Dear Shareholder,

As President and CEO of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., I’d like to thank you for trusting us to help you meet your investment goals, and for reading this important report concerning the Schwab U.S. REIT ETF. This fund is designed to track the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, while also providing the full benefits of an ETF, including transparency, trading flexibility, and potential tax efficiency.

For the 12 months ended February 28, 2013, the fund’s performance reflected a rally by U.S. real estate securities, as the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index returned 16.0%. Supporting this rally were mixed but encouraging signs of improvement in the U.S. economy, while the Federal Reserve maintained low short-term interest rates and programs aimed at holding down long-term interest rates.

This backdrop helped to make long-term financing costs more affordable for businesses and households, and when combined with some signs of improvement in the U.S. housing market, supported the performance of U.S. REITs. However, shareholders should keep in mind that while long-term interest rates are historically low right now, the performance of U.S. REITs and the fund may be negatively affected if these interest rates begin to rise.

Industrial, Health Care, and Retail REITs were some of the better performing U.S. real estate securities for the 12 months, while by comparison, Apartment REITs underperformed. In addition, small- and mid-cap REITs generally provided higher returns than large-cap REITs.

 Asset Class Performance Comparison % returns during the report period

This graph compares the performance of various asset classes during the report period. Final performance figures for the period are in the key below.

	13.46%	S&P 500® Index: measures U.S. large-cap stocks
	16.02%	Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT IndexSM: measures U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs)
	10.37%	MSCI EAFE® Index: measures (in U.S. dollars) large-cap stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East
	3.12%	Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index: measures the U.S. bond market

These figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and you cannot invest in them directly. Remember that past performance is not an indication of future results.

Data source: Index provider websites and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.

Management views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.

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From the President continued

For the 12 months ended February 28, 2013, the fund’s performance reflected a rally by U.S. real estate securities, as the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index returned 16.0%.

For more information about the Schwab U.S. REIT ETF, please continue reading this report. In addition, you can find answers to frequently asked questions and further details about this ETF by visiting www.schwabetfs.com, or by contacting us at 1-800-435-4000.

Sincerely,

Indices are unmanaged, do not incur management fees, costs and expenses, and cannot be invested in directly. Index return figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested.

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Fund Management

	Agnes Hong, CFA, Managing Director and Head of Passive Equity Strategies, leads the portfolio management teams of Schwab’s index mutual funds and equity ETFs. She also has overall responsibility for all aspects of the management of the fund. Prior to joining CSIM in 2009, Ms. Hong spent five years as a portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors (subsequently acquired by BlackRock), where she managed institutional index funds and quantitative active funds. Prior to that, Ms. Hong worked in management consulting and product management, servicing global financial services clients.
	Ferian Juwono, CFA, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining CSIM in 2010, Mr. Juwono worked at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors), where he spent over three years as a portfolio manager, managing equity index funds for institutional clients, and nearly two years as a senior business analyst. Prior to that, Mr. Juwono worked for over four years as a senior financial analyst with Union Bank of California.
	Chuck Craig, CFA, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining CSIM in 2012, Mr. Craig worked at Guggenheim Funds (formerly Claymore Group), where he spent over five years as a managing director of portfolio management & supervision, and three years as vice president of product research and development. Prior to that, he worked as an equity research analyst at First Trust Portfolios (formerly Niké Securities), and a trader and analyst at PMA Securities, Inc.

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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF™

The Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (the fund) seeks to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index (the index). The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index comprised of real estate investment trusts (REITs). The index generally includes REITs that own and operate income-producing commercial and/or residential real estate, derive at least 75% of the REIT’s total revenue from the ownership and operation of real estate assets, and have a minimum total market capitalization of $200 million at the time of its inclusion. For more information concerning the fund’s investment objective, strategies, and risks, please see the fund’s prospectus.

For the 12 months ended February 28, 2013, the fund closely tracked the index. The fund’s market price return was 15.78% and its NAV return was 15.83% (for an explanation of the market price and NAV returns, please refer to footnote 2 on the following page). The index returned 16.02% for the same period. Because the return of an index does not include operational and transactional costs, the return of a fund tends to differ from that of its respective index.

Market Highlights. U.S. REITs generated strong returns for the 12-month report period. Low interest rates made financing relatively affordable for businesses and households, supporting the rally by U.S. REITs. Property market improvements also helped the performance of U.S. REITs, boosting investor confidence as home prices rose across many states and foreclosure rates generally declined. Specialized and Retail REITs outperformed other sub-industries, while Residential and Office REITs underperformed by comparison.

Contributors and Detractors. Specialized REITs, which include trusts that operate and invest in health care, leisure, hotel, and storage properties, were the biggest contributors to the fund’s total return. The large average weight of this sub-industry was part of the reason for this contribution, with Specialized REITs comprising approximately 27% of the fund. In addition, specialized REITs returned roughly 23% for the report period. One significant contributor in this sub-industry was Ventas, Inc., a real estate investment trust that owns housing communities for seniors, nursing facilities, hospitals, and medical office buildings. The fund’s Ventas, Inc. holdings returned approximately 32% for the 12-month report period.

Retail REITs, which represented an average weight of nearly 27% of the fund, also provided a meaningful total return contribution. The fund’s Retail REITs returned approximately 21%, reflecting the overall performance of companies or trusts engaged in activities concerning shopping malls, outlet malls, and shopping centers. One significant contributor in this sub-industry was Simon Property Group, Inc., which owns, develops, and manages retail real estate properties such as regional malls, outlet centers, and international properties. The fund’s Simon Property Group, Inc. holdings returned roughly 21% for the report period.

All sub-industries generated positive returns for the fund, with Diversified REITs contributing the least. Diversified REITs, which include REITs that have significantly diversified operations across two or more property types, represented an average weight of roughly 7% of the fund for the report period, and returned approximately 10%. The biggest detractor from the fund’s total return and only REIT to generate a loss within this sub-industry was Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, which invests in properties such as shopping centers, office buildings, and high-rise apartment buildings. The fund’s Washington Real Estate Investment Trust holdings returned roughly -1%.

As of 02/28/13:

 Statistics

Number of Holdings	85
Weighted Average Market Cap ($ x 1,000,000)	$15,614
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)	65.6
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)	2.4
Portfolio Turnover Rate1	7%

 Sector Weightings % of Investments

Specialized REITs	28.5%
Retail REITs	26.5%
Residential REITs	18.1%
Office REITs	14.9%
Diversified REITs	6.5%
Industrial REITs	5.4%
Other	0.1%
Total	100.0%

 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets²

Simon Property Group, Inc.	11.4%
HCP, Inc.	5.1%
Public Storage	5.1%
Ventas, Inc.	4.9%
ProLogis, Inc.	4.2%
Equity Residential	4.1%
Health Care REIT, Inc.	3.9%
Boston Properties, Inc.	3.6%
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.	3.3%
Vornado Realty Trust	3.1%
Total	48.7%

Management views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.

An index is a statistical composite of a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and its return is not inclusive of operational and transaction costs incurred by the fund.

Source of Sector Classification: S&P and MSCI.

1	Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
2	This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.

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 Schwab U.S. REIT ETF^tm

Performance and Fund Facts as of 02/28/13

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabetfs.com.

January 13, 2011 – February 28, 2013
Performance of Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment¹

 Average Annual Total Returns¹

Fund and Inception Date	1 Year			Since Inception*
Fund: Schwab U.S. REIT ETFtm(1/13/11)
NAV Return2		15.83	%	14.49%
Market Price Return2		15.78	%	14.52%
Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT IndexSM		16.02	%	14.68%
ETF Category: Morningstar Real Estate3		19.81	%	14.26%

Fund Expense Ratio⁴: 0.13%

All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.

Investment returns will fluctuate and are subject to market volatility, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

Investing in REITs may pose additional risks such as real estate industry risk, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. The Schwab U.S. REIT ETF is non-diversified and may invest in securities of relatively few issuers. As a result, the fund may experience increased volatility.

Index ownership —“Standard & Poor’s” and “S&P” are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and “Dow Jones” is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”) and have been licensed for use by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and its affiliates and sublicensed for certain purposes by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM). The “The Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index“ is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates, and has been licensed for use by CSIM. The Schwab U.S. REIT ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, S&P, or their respective affiliates and neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, S&P, nor their respective affiliates make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product.

*	Inception represents the date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
1	Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of fund shares.
2	The fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which the shares of the fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the fund’s NAV is calculated. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
3	Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
4	As stated in the prospectus dated June 28, 2012. Effective September 20, 2012, the management fee was reduced to 0.07%. For more information, see financial note 4 or refer to the prospectus supplement dated September 20, 2012.

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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)

 Examples for a $1,000 Investment

As a fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares; and, (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses.

The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for six months beginning September 1, 2012 and held through February 28, 2013.

Actual Return lines in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ¸ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund or share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Hypothetical Return lines in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.

You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, including any redemption fees or brokerage commissions you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the fund. If these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

					Ending
			Beginning		Account Value		Expenses Paid
	Expense Ratio1		Account Value		(Net of Expenses)		During Period2
	(Annualized)		at 9/1/12		at 2/28/13		9/1/12–2/28/13
Schwab U.S. REIT ETFtm
Actual Return		0.08%	$	1,000	$	1,045.00	$	0.41
Hypothetical 5% Return		0.08%	$	1,000	$	1,024.40	$	0.40

1	Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio; may differ from the expense ratio provided in the Financial Highlights which covers a 12-month period.
2	Expenses for the fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days of the period, and divided by 365 days of the fiscal year.

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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF™

Financial Statements

Financial Highlights

	3/1/12–			3/1/11–			1/12/111–
	2/28/13			2/29/12			2/28/11
Per-Share Data ($)
Net asset value at beginning of period		28.30			27.28			25.00
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)		0.72			0.65			0.06
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		3.71			0.98			2.22
Total from investment operations		4.43			1.63			2.28
Less distributions:
Distributions from net investment income		(0.77	)		(0.61	)		—
Net asset value at end of period		31.96			28.30			27.28
Total return (%)		15.83			6.15			9.12	2
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
Ratios to average net assets:
Net operating expenses		0.10	3		0.13			0.13	4
Gross operating expenses		0.10	3		0.13			0.13	4
Net investment income (loss)		2.43			2.50			3.82	4
Portfolio turnover rate5		7			5			—	2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)		466,567			277,370			69,566

¹ Commencement of operations.

² Not annualized.

³ Effective September 20, 2012, the annual operating expense ratio was reduced. The ratio presented for the period ended 2/28/13 is a blended ratio. Please see financial note 4 for additional information.

⁴ Annualized.

⁵ Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.

See financial notes 9

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Portfolio Holdings as of February 28, 2013

This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.

The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the fund’s website at www.schwabetfs.com.

				Cost		Value
Holdings by Category				($)		($)
	99	.9%	Common Stock		433,793,938		465,797,760
	0	.1%	Other Investment Companies		595,104		596,897
	100	.0%	Total Investments		434,389,042		466,394,657
		—%	Other Assets and Liabilities, Net				172,178
	100	.0%	Net Assets				466,566,835

	Number		Value
Security	of Shares		($)
Common Stock 99.9% of net assets
Diversified REITs 6.5%
Cousins Properties, Inc.		97,708		949,722
Duke Realty Corp.		338,428		5,468,996
First Potomac Realty Trust		58,692		829,318
Liberty Property Trust		128,772		4,995,066
PS Business Parks, Inc.		20,045		1,483,129
Vornado Realty Trust		183,084		14,685,168
Washington REIT		71,453		1,978,534
				30,389,933
Industrial REITs 5.4%
DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.		297,256		2,158,079
EastGroup Properties, Inc.		31,902		1,812,353
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. *		96,504		1,531,518
ProLogis, Inc.		498,152		19,398,039
				24,899,989
Office REITs 14.9%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.		69,204		4,923,172
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.		182,090		3,845,741
Boston Properties, Inc.		163,068		16,939,504
Brandywine Realty Trust		158,264		2,176,130
CommonWealth REIT		88,184		2,226,646
Corporate Office Properties Trust		85,848		2,220,887
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.		132,992		8,907,804
Douglas Emmett, Inc.		143,080		3,506,891
DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.		70,080		1,623,053
Franklin Street Properties Corp.		81,468		1,120,185
Highwoods Properties, Inc.		85,848		3,133,452
Kilroy Realty Corp.		80,400		4,241,904
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.		88,184		2,502,662
Parkway Properties, Inc.		35,980		608,422
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A		183,376		3,605,172
SL Green Realty Corp.		97,419		7,951,339
				69,532,964
Residential REITs 18.1%
American Campus Communities, Inc.		112,844		5,100,549
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A		157,019		4,650,903
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.		124,100		15,491,403
BRE Properties, Inc.		82,807		4,025,248
Camden Property Trust		91,688		6,339,308
Colonial Properties Trust		89,404		1,927,550
Education Realty Trust, Inc.		122,356		1,334,904
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.		41,938		3,090,411
Equity Residential		349,119		19,215,510
Essex Property Trust, Inc.		39,447		5,877,209
Home Properties, Inc.		55,280		3,450,578
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.		45,570		3,164,381
Post Properties, Inc.		58,599		2,797,516
Sun Communities, Inc.		29,291		1,362,910
UDR, Inc.		269,888		6,439,528
				84,267,908
Retail REITs 26.5%
Acadia Realty Trust		54,722		1,473,116
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.		173,837		3,953,053
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.		59,860		343,596
DDR Corp.		260,342		4,496,106
Equity One, Inc.		66,610		1,566,001
Federal Realty Investment Trust		69,662		7,398,801
General Growth Properties, Inc.		486,210		9,306,060
Glimcher Realty Trust		153,773		1,731,484
Inland Real Estate Corp.		84,408		815,381
Kimco Realty Corp.		443,256		9,649,683
Kite Realty Group Trust		79,277		522,436
Pennsylvania REIT		56,785		1,024,969
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust		51,686		816,639
Regency Centers Corp.		97,558		5,061,309
Rouse Properties, Inc.		24,149		401,115
Saul Centers, Inc.		13,488		590,235
Simon Property Group, Inc.		335,216		53,252,414
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers		101,251		3,573,148
Taubman Centers, Inc.		66,522		5,103,568
The Macerich Co.		148,628		8,934,029
Weingarten Realty Investors		120,448		3,691,731
				123,704,874
Specialized REITs 28.5%
Ashford Hospitality Trust		70,664		831,715
CubeSmart		128,275		1,890,774
DiamondRock Hospitality Co.		205,860		1,840,388
Extra Space Storage, Inc.		110,495		4,136,933
FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. *		110,668		555,553
HCP, Inc.		490,268		23,964,300
Health Care REIT, Inc.		280,612		17,998,454
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.		93,755		2,493,883
Hersha Hospitality Trust		178,704		1,002,530
Hospitality Properties Trust		135,117		3,607,624
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		784,312		13,074,481

10 See financial notes

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Portfolio Holdings continued

	Number		Value
Security	of Shares		($)
LaSalle Hotel Properties		103,368		2,624,514
LTC Properties, Inc.		33,004		1,272,964
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust		67,452		1,612,777
Public Storage		156,357		23,642,742
Senior Housing Properties Trust		201,480		5,055,133
Sovran Self Storage, Inc.		32,788		1,994,822
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. *		174,616		1,978,399
Universal Health Realty Income Trust		13,522		772,241
Ventas, Inc.		320,032		22,651,865
				133,002,092
Total Common Stock
(Cost $433,793,938)				465,797,760
Other Investment Companies 0.1% of net assets
Equity Fund 0.1%
SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF		6,000		456,480
Money Market Fund 0.0%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund		140,417		140,417
Total Other Investment Companies
(Cost $595,104)				596,897
End of Investments

At 02/28/13, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $434,675,992 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $37,385,656 and ($5,666,991), respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $31,718,665.

* Non-income producing security.

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of February 28, 2013 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):

	Quoted Prices in				Significant
	Active Markets for		Significant Other		Unobservable
	Identical Assets		Observable Inputs		Inputs
Description	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total2
Common Stock1		$465,797,760		$—		$—		$465,797,760
Other Investment Companies1		596,897		—		—		596,897
Total		$466,394,657		$—		$—		$466,394,657

1	As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2	The fund had no Other Financial Instruments.

The fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 as of the beginning of the fiscal year. There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended February 28, 2013.

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Statement of

Assets and Liabilities

As of February 28, 2013

Assets
Investments, at value (cost $434,389,042)		$466,394,657
Receivables:
Fund shares sold		6,401,573
Dividends		160,837
Interest	+	4
Total assets		472,957,071
Liabilities
Payables:
Investments bought		6,387,575
Investment adviser fees	+	2,661
Total liabilities		6,390,236
Net Assets
Total assets		472,957,071
Total liabilities	—	6,390,236
Net assets		$466,566,835
Net Assets by Source
Capital received from investors		434,386,103
Net investment income not yet distributed		793,455
Net realized capital losses		(618,338	)
Net unrealized capital gains		32,005,615
Net Asset Value (NAV)

		Shares
Net Assets	÷	Outstanding	=	NAV
$466,566,835		14,600,001			$31.96

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Statement of

Operations

For March 1, 2012 through February 28, 2013

Investment Income
Dividends		$9,009,964
Interest	+	150
Total investment income		9,010,114
Expenses
Investment adviser fees		360,232
Total expenses	−	360,232
Net investment income		8,649,882
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Net realized losses on investments		(505,494	)
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions	+	14,012,871
Net realized gains		13,507,377
Net unrealized gains on investments	+	26,002,721
Net realized and unrealized gains		39,510,098
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations		$48,159,980

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Statements of

Changes in Net Assets

For the current and prior report periods

Operations

3/1/12-2/28/13				3/1/11-2/29/12
Net investment income		$8,649,882			$3,729,437
Net realized gains		13,507,377			2,654,389
Net unrealized gains	+	26,002,721			3,422,076
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations		48,159,980			9,805,902
Distributions to Shareholders
Distributions from net investment income		($8,847,056	)		($2,889,125	)

Transactions in Fund Shares

		3/1/12-2/28/13					3/1/11-2/29/12
			SHARES		VALUE			SHARES		VALUE
Shares sold			8,700,000		$266,668,088			10,200,000		$275,386,254
Shares redeemed	+		(3,900,000	)	(116,783,827	)		(2,950,000	)	(74,499,496	)
Net transactions in fund shares			4,800,000		$149,884,261			7,250,000		$200,886,758
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
		3/1/12-2/28/13					3/1/11-2/29/12
			SHARES		NET ASSETS			SHARES		NET ASSETS
Beginning of period			9,800,001		$277,369,650			2,550,001		$69,566,115
Total increase	+		4,800,000		189,197,185			7,250,000		207,803,535
End of period			14,600,001		$466,566,835			9,800,001		$277,369,650
Net investment income not yet distributed					$793,455					$990,629

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Financial Notes

1. Business Structure of the Funds

Schwab U.S. REIT ETF is a series of Schwab Strategic Trust (the “trust”), a no-load, open-end management investment company. The trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The list below shows all the funds in the trust as of the end of the period, including the fund discussed in this report, which is highlighted:

Schwab Strategic Trust (organized January 27, 2009)	Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF	Schwab International Equity ETF
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF	Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF	Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF	Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF	Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF	Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF	Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

The fund issues and redeems shares at its net assets value per share (“NAV”) only in large blocks of shares, typically 50,000 shares or more (“Creation Units”). These transactions are usually in exchange for a basket of securities and an amount of cash. As a practical matter, only institutions or large investors purchase or redeem Creation Units. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the fund are not redeemable securities.

Individual shares of the fund trade on national securities exchanges and elsewhere during the trading day and can only be bought and sold at market prices throughout the trading day through a broker-dealer. Because fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

The fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, the fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the fund uses in its preparation of financial statements. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

(a) Security Valuation:

Under procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair market value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.

The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:

•  Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, at halfway between the most recent bid and ask quotes. Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges are valued at the official closing price or the last sales price on the exchange where the securities are principally traded with these values then translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate, unless these securities are fair valued as discussed below.

•  Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, a fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):

Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.

•  Short-term securities (60 days or less to maturity): valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

•  Underlying funds: valued at their respective net asset values.

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

•  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities.

•  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations. As investments whose values are classified as Level 2 prices include positions that are not traded in active markets and/or are subject to transfer restrictions, valuations may be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, which are generally based on available market information.

•  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The levels associated with valuing the fund’s investments as of February 28, 2013 are disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings.

(b) Security Transactions:

Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains or losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.

(c) Real Estate Investment Trusts:

The fund invests in real estate investment trusts (REITs) which report information on the source of their distributions annually. Certain distributions received from REITs during the year, which are known to be a return of capital or realized gains, are recorded as a reduction to the cost of the individual REITs or as realized gains on investments, respectively.

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Financial Notes (continued)

2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):

(d) Investment Income:

Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date), although the fund records certain foreign security dividends on the day it learns of the ex-dividend date.

(e) Expenses:

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement (“Advisor Agreement”) between Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (“CSIM” or the “investment adviser”) and the trust, the investment adviser will pay the operating expenses of the fund, excluding interest expense, taxes, any brokerage expenses, and extraordinary or non-routine expenses. Interest expense, taxes, any brokerage expenses and extraordinary or non-routine expenses that are specific to the fund are charged directly to the fund.

(f) Distributions to Shareholders:

The fund declares distributions from net investment income quarterly and distributes net realized capital gains, if any, once a year.

(g) Accounting Estimates:

The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.

(h) Federal Income Taxes:

The fund intends to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and realized net capital gains, if any, to its respective shareholders each year. As long as the fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.

(i) Indemnification:

Under the fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business the fund enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund. However, based on experience, the fund expects the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.

(j) New Accounting Pronouncements:

In December 2011, Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities,” was issued and is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after January 1, 2013. The ASU enhances disclosure requirements with respect to an entity’s rights of offset and related arrangements associated with its financial and derivative instruments. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU No. 2011-11 may have on the fund’s financial statement disclosures.

3. Risk Factors:

Investing in the fund may involve certain risks, as discussed in the fund’s prospectus, including, but not limited to, those described below. Any of these risks could cause an investor to lose money.

Stock and bond markets and the values of securities held by the fund rise and fall daily. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of the investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that the investors could lose money.

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Financial Notes (continued)

3. Risk Factors (continued):

The fund is not actively managed. Therefore, the fund follows the securities included in the index during upturns as well as downturns. Because of its indexing strategy, the fund does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of the fund’s expenses, the fund’s performance is normally below that of the index.

The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.

The fund will invest in large-cap segments of the U.S. stock market. Large-cap stocks tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when large-cap U.S. stocks fall behind other types of investments — mid- or small-cap stocks, for instance — the fund’s large-cap holdings could reduce performance.

REITs and other real estate companies may be small- to medium- sized companies in relation to the equity markets as a whole. Historically, mid- and small-cap stocks have been riskier than large-cap stocks. Mid- and small-cap companies themselves may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. Stock prices of smaller companies may be based in substantial part on future expectations rather than current achievements and may move sharply, especially during market upturns and downturns. During a period when mid- and small-cap stocks fall behind other types of investments — bonds or large-cap stocks, for instance — the fund’s small- and mid-cap holdings could reduce performance.

In addition to the risks associated with investing in securities of real estate companies and real estate related companies, REITs are subject to certain additional risks. Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the trusts. Further, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills and may have their investments in relatively few properties, or in a small geographic area or a single property type. Failure of a company to qualify as a REIT under federal tax law may have adverse consequences to the fund. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and the fund will bear a proportionate share of those expenses.

The fund has a policy of concentrating its investments in real estate companies and companies related to the real estate industry. As such, the fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and an investment in the fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets. These risks include, among others, declines in the value of real estate; risks related to general and local economic conditions; possible lack of availability of mortgage funds or other limits to accessing the credit or capital markets; defaults by borrowers or tenants, particularly during an economic downturn; and changes in interest rates.

As an index fund, the fund seeks to track the performance of its benchmark index, although it may not be successful in doing so. The divergence between the performance of the fund and its benchmark index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant.

The fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest in securities of relatively few issuers. As a result, a single adverse economic, political or regulatory occurrence may have a more significant effect on the fund’s investments, and the fund may experience increased volatility.

The fund may invest in derivative instruments. The principal types of derivatives the fund may use are futures contracts. A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a financial instrument at a specific price on a specific day. The fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Certain of these risks, such as market risk and liquidity risk, are discussed elsewhere in this section. The fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to leverage risk, credit risk, lack of availability risk, valuation risk, correlation risk and tax risk. Leverage risk is the risk that use of derivatives may magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of the fund’s portfolio securities. Credit risk is the risk that the counterparty to a derivative transaction may not fulfill its contractual obligations. Lack of availability risk is the risk that suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances for risk management or other purposes. Valuation risk is the risk that a particular derivative may be valued incorrectly. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Tax risk is the risk that the use of derivatives may cause the fund to realize higher amounts of short-term capital gain. These risks could cause the fund to lose more than the principal amount invested.

To the extent that the fund’s or the index’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class (including the real estate industry, as described above), the fund may be adversely

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Financial Notes (continued)

3. Risk Factors (continued):

affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more susceptible to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.

A particular investment may be difficult to purchase or sell. The fund may be unable to sell illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.

Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in the collateral or delay in recovery of the collateral if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.

Although fund shares are listed on national securities exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for fund shares will develop or be maintained. If an active market is not maintained, investors may find it difficult to buy or sell fund shares.

Fund shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of the shares of a fund will approximate the fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. Investors may pay more than NAV when they buy shares of the fund in the secondary market, and may receive less than NAV when they sell those shares in the secondary market.

An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.

Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a more complete description of these and other principal risks of investing in the fund.

4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:

CSIM, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the fund’s investment adviser pursuant to an Advisory Agreement between CSIM and the trust.

For its advisory services to the fund, CSIM is entitled to receive an annual fee equal to 0.07% of the fund’s average daily net assets. Prior to September 20, 2012, the rate was 0.13%.

Certain Schwab Funds may own shares of other Schwab Funds. As of February 28, 2013, the percentages of the outstanding shares of the fund owned by other Schwab Funds are less than 1%.

The fund may engage in direct transactions with certain other Schwab ETFs when practical. When one fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended February 28, 2013, the fund had no direct security transactions with other Schwab ETFs.

Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other Schwab Funds including Schwab ETFs. All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes only. The interest rate charged on the loan is the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review of the Board. The fund had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.

5. Other Service Providers:

SEI Investments Distribution Co. is the principal underwriter and distributor of shares of the fund.

State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the fund’s transfer agent. As part of these services, the transfer agent maintains records pertaining to the sale, redemption and transfer of the fund’s shares.

State Street also serves as custodian and accountant for the fund. The custodian is responsible for the daily safekeeping of securities and cash held by the fund. The fund’s accountant maintains all books and records related to the fund’s transactions.

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Financial Notes (continued)

6. Board of Trustees:

The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of the investment adviser or its affiliate. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The trust did not pay any of these interested persons for their services as trustees. For information regarding the trustees please refer to Trustees and Officers Table at the end of this report.

7. Borrowing from Banks:

The fund has access to custodian overdraft facilities and to an uncommitted line of credit of $100 million with State Street. The fund pays interest on the amounts it borrows at rates that are negotiated periodically.

There were no borrowings from the line of credit by the fund during the period. However, the fund may have utilized its overdraft facility and incurred interest expense, which is disclosed on the Statement of Operations, if any. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.

8. Purchases and Sales/Maturities of Investment Securities:

For the period ended February 28, 2013, purchases and sales/maturities of securities (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term obligations) were as follows:

Purchases of Securities		Sales/Maturities of Securities
	$29,115,405		$25,539,833

9. In-Kind Transactions:

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of the fund generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of equity securities, which constitutes an optimized representation of the securities involved in a relevant fund’s underlying index, and an amount of cash. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to the applicable fund, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units.

The in-kind transactions for the period ended February 28, 2013 were as follows:

In-kind Purchases of Securities		In-kind Sales of Securities
	$250,292,860		$100,977,231

For the period ended February 28, 2013, the fund realized net capital gains or losses resulting from in-kind redemptions of Creation Units. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the fund and are not distributed to existing fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gains or losses to capital received from investors at the end of the fund’s tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The net realized in-kind gains or losses for the period ended February 28, 2013 are disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations.

10. Federal Income Taxes

As of February 28, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax-basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	$793,455
Undistributed long-term capital gains	—
Unrealized appreciation	37,385,656
Unrealized depreciation	(5,666,991	)
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)	31,718,665

The primary difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation or unrealized depreciation of investments is the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

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Financial Notes (continued)

10. Federal Income Taxes (continued):

Capital loss carryforwards may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes. As of February 28, 2013, the fund had capital loss carryforwards of $62,851 with no expiration*.

* As a result of the passage of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred after December 31, 2010 may now be carried forward indefinitely, but must retain the character of the original loss. However, such losses must be utilized prior to the pre-enactment capital losses, which may increase the likelihood that the pre-enactment capital losses may expire unused. Under pre-enactment law, capital losses could be carried forward for eight years, and carried forward as short-term capital loss, irrespective of the character of the original loss.

For tax purposes, realized net capital losses and late-year ordinary losses incurred after October 31 may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following fiscal year. For the year ended February 28, 2013, the fund had capital losses deferred in the amount of $268,537.

The tax-basis components of distributions paid during the current and prior fiscal years were:

Current period distributions
Ordinary Income	$8,847,056
Long-term capital gains	—
Prior period distributions
Ordinary Income	2,889,125
Long-term capital gains	—

Distributions paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax basis, which may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences are due primarily to differing treatment for items such as short-term capital gains and losses, in-kind transactions, capital losses related to wash sales and income on certain investments. The fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the net investment income and net realized gains are recorded by the fund for financial reporting purposes. The fund may also designate a portion of the amount paid to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for tax purposes.

The permanent book and tax basis differences may result in reclassifications between components of net assets as required. The adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. As of February 28, 2013, the fund made the following reclassifications:

Capital shares	$13,878,558
Undistributed net investment income	—
Net realized gains and losses	(13,878,558	)

For the period ended February 28, 2013, the fund reclassified $14,012,871 of non-taxable security gains and losses realized on the in-kind redemption of Creation Units (Note 9) as an increase or decrease to capital received from investors in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

As of February 28, 2013, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period ended February 28, 2013, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

11. Subsequent Events:

Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of:

Schwab U.S. REIT ETF

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio holdings, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (one of the portfolios constituting Schwab Strategic Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at February 28, 2013, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

April 15, 2013

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Other Information (unaudited)

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

Bid/Offer Midpoint vs. NAV as of February 28, 2013

The following charts are provided to show the frequency at which the daily closing market price on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“Exchange”), the secondary market for shares of the fund, was at a discount or premium to such fund’s daily NAV. The market price of the fund generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and lowest offer on the Exchange, as of the time that the fund’s NAV is calculated (referred to as the “Bid/Offer Midpoint”). The fund’s Bid/Offer Midpoint may at times be at, above or below its NAV. The discount or premium is the percentage difference between the NAV and the Bid/Offer Midpoint of a fund. A discount is the amount that a fund is trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of NAV. A premium is the amount that a fund is trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of NAV. The NAV of the fund will fluctuate with changes in the market value of its portfolio holdings. The Bid/Offer Midpoint of the fund will fluctuate in accordance with changes in its NAV, as well as supply and demand.

	Bid/Offer Midpoint Above NAV						Bid/Offer Midpoint Below NAV
	50-99		100-199		>200		50-99		100-199		>200
	Basis Points		Basis Points		Basis Points		Basis Points		Basis Points		Basis Points
Commencement of trading 1/13/11 through 2/28/13*		—		—		—		—		—		—

*During the period 1/13/11 through 2/28/13 the fund did not trade at a premium or discount greater than 50 basis points.

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Trustees and Officers

The tables below give information about the trustees and officers for the Schwab Strategic Trust which includes the fund covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes the Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust, Laudus Trust and Laudus Institutional Trust. The Fund Complex includes 94 funds.

The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-800-435-4000.

 Independent Trustees

Name, Year of Birth,		Number of
and Position(s) with		Portfolios in
the trust; (Terms of		Fund Complex
office, and length of	Principal Occupations	Overseen by
Time Served1)	During the Past Five Years	the Trustee	Other Directorships
Robert W. Burns 1959 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009.)	Retired/Private Investor (January 2009 – present). Consulting Managing Director, PIMCO (investment adviser) (March 2003 – December 2008).	17	Director, PS Business Parks, Inc. (2005 – 2012). Trustee, PIMCO Funds (investment company consisting of 84 portfolios) (1997 – 2008). Trustee, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust (investment company consisting of 16 portfolios) (2006 – 2008). Director and Chairman, PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund (investment company consisting of one portfolio) (1997 – 2008). Director, PCM Fund, Inc. (investment company consisting of one portfolio) (1997 – 2008).
Stephen Timothy Kochis 1946 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2012.)	CEO and Owner, Kochis Global (wealth management consulting) (May 2012 – present); Chairman and CEO, Aspiriant (wealth management) (January 2008 – April 2012); CEO, Kochis Fitz (wealth management) (June 1991 – December 2007).	17	None
Charles A. Ruffel 1956 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009.)	Advisor (January 2008 – present) and Chief Executive Officer (January 1998 – January 2008), Asset International, Inc. (publisher of financial services information); Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Kudu Advisors, LLC (financial services) (June 2008 – present).	17	None

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 Interested Trustees

Name, Year of Birth,		Number of
and Position(s) with		Portfolios in
the trust; (Terms of		Fund Complex
office, and length of	Principal Occupations	Overseen by
Time Served )	During the Past Five Years	the Trustee	Other Directorships
Walter W. Bettinger II2 1960 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009.)	As of October 2008, President and Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and The Charles Schwab Corporation. Since October 2008, Director, The Charles Schwab Corporation. Since May 2008, Director, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Schwab Holdings, Inc. Since 2006, Director, Charles Schwab Bank. Until October 2008, President and Chief Operating Officer, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and The Charles Schwab Corporation. From 2004 through 2007, Executive Vice President and President, Schwab Investor Services. From 2004 through 2005, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Individual Investor Enterprise, and from 2002 through 2004, Executive Vice President, Corporate Services.	94	None

 Officers of the Trust

Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s)
with the trust; (Terms of office, and
length of Time Served3)	Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
Marie Chandoha 1961 President and Chief Executive Officer (Officer of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2010.)	Executive Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Sept. 2010 – present); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Dec. 2010 – present), Chief Investment Officer (Sept. 2010 – Oct. 2011), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; President, Chief Executive Officer (Dec. 2010 – present), and Chief Investment Officer (Sept. 2010 – Oct. 2011), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Global Head of Fixed Income Business Division, BlackRock, Inc. (formerly Barclays Global Investors) (March 2007 – August 2010).
George Pereira 1964 Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer (Officer of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009.)	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Nov. 2004 – present); Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Laudus Funds (June 2006 – present); Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, Schwab Funds (Nov. 2004 – present) and Schwab ETFs (Oct. 2009 – present); Director, Charles Schwab Worldwide Fund, PLC and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited (April 2005 – present).
Omar Aguilar 1970 Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Equities (Officer of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2011.)	Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer — Equities, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (April 2011 – present); Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer — Equities, Schwab Funds and Laudus Funds (June 2011 – present); Head of the Portfolio Management Group and Vice President of Portfolio Management, Financial Engines, Inc. (May 2009 – April 2011); Head of Quantitative Equity, ING Investment Management (July 2004 – Jan. 2009).
Brett Wander 1961 Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income (Officer of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2011.)	Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (April 2011 – present); Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income, Schwab Funds and Laudus Funds (June 2011 – present); Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Active Fixed Income Strategies, State Street Global Advisors (Jan. 2008 – Oct. 2010); Director of Alpha Strategies, Loomis, Sayles & Company (April 2006 – Jan. 2008).

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 Officers of the Trust (continued)

Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s)
with the trust; (Terms of office, and
length of Time Served3)	Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
David Lekich 1964 Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (Officer of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2011.)	Senior Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Sept. 2011 – present); Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (Sept. 2011 – present); Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., (March 2004 – Sept. 2011) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (Jan 2011 – Sept. 2011); Secretary (April 2011 – present) and Chief Legal Officer (Dec. 2011 – present), Schwab Funds (April 2011 – present); Vice President and Assistant Clerk, Laudus Funds (April 2011 – present); Secretary (May 2011 – present) and Chief Legal Officer (Nov. 2011 – present), Schwab ETFs.
Catherine MacGregor 1964 Vice President and Assistant Secretary (Officer of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009.)	Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (July 2005 – present); Vice President (Dec. 2005 – present), Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (March 2007 – present), Laudus Funds; Vice President (Nov. 2005 – present) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – present), Schwab Funds; Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Schwab ETFs (Oct. 2009 – present).

1	Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. The Trust’s retirement policy requires that independent trustees retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 72 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee, whichever comes first.
2	Mr. Bettinger is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation, the parent company of the investment adviser.
3	The President, Treasurer and Secretary hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board.

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Glossary

ask See “offer.”

asset allocation The practice of dividing a portfolio among different asset classes, with each asset class assigned a particular percentage to help offset risks and rewards, based on your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance.

asset class A group of securities with similar structure and basic characteristics. Stocks, bonds and cash are the three main examples of asset classes.

authorized participant (AP) A large institutional investor that places orders for creation units with the funds’ distributor.

beta A historical measure of an investment’s volatility relative to a market index (usually the S&P 500^®). The index is defined as having a beta of 1.00. Investments with a beta higher than 1.00 have been more volatile than the index; those with a beta of less than 1.00 have been less volatile.

bid The highest price at which someone is willing to buy a security.

cap, capitalization See “market cap.”

capital gain, capital loss The difference between the amount paid for an investment and its value at a later time. If the investment has been sold, the capital gain or loss is considered a realized gain or loss. If the investment is still held, the gain or loss is still “on paper” and is considered unrealized.

commencement of operations The date that the first NAV was calculated.

creation unit (C.U.) A basket of securities that is delivered by an authorized participant (AP) to the fund equal to the current holdings of the ETF, plus a designated cash component. In return, the APs receive a large block of ETF shares (typically 50,000 shares), which investors can then buy and sell in the secondary market.

Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index A float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index comprised of real estate investment trusts (REITs).

exchange A marketplace, or any organization or group that provides or maintains a marketplace for trading securities, options, futures, or commodities.

expense ratio The amount that is taken from the fund’s assets each year to cover the operating expenses. An expense ratio of 0.50% means that a fund’s expenses amount to half of one percent of its average net assets a year.

inception date The date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.

indicative optimized portfolio value (IOPV) A calculation disseminated by the stock exchange that approximates the fund’s NAV every 15 seconds throughout the trading day.

liquidity The ability to convert a security or asset quickly into cash.

market cap, market capitalization The value of a company as determined by the total value of all shares of its stock outstanding.

market price return The return based on the change in market price per share of the fund over a given time period. Market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at market price.

median market cap The midpoint of the range of market caps of the stocks held by a fund. There are different ways of calculating median market cap. With a simple median, half of the stocks in the fund’s portfolio would be larger than the median, and half would be smaller. With a weighted median (the type that is calculated for this fund), half of the fund’s assets are invested in stocks that are larger than the median market cap, and half in stocks that are smaller.

net asset value (NAV) The value of one share of a fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets, subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding.

NAV return The return based on the change in NAV of the fund over a given time period. NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund.

offer (ask) The lowest price at which an individual is willing to sell a security.

open The price at which a security opened for trading on a given day.

outstanding shares, shares outstanding When speaking of the fund, indicates all shares currently held by investors.

price-to-book ratio (P/B)  The market price of a company’s stock compared with its “book value.” A mutual fund’s P/B is the weighted average of the P/B of all stocks in the fund’s portfolio.

price-to-earnings ratio (P/E)  The market price of a company’s stock compared with earnings over the past year. A mutual fund’s P/E is the weighted average of the P/E of all stocks in the fund’s portfolio.

real estate investment trust (REIT) A real estate company that owns and commonly operates income producing commercial and/or residential real estate.

primary market The market that deals with the issuance of new securities.

sampling If a fund uses a sampling method, the fund will not fully replicate the benchmark index and may hold securities not included in the index. A fund that utilizes a sampling approach may not track the return of the index.

secondary market The market in which investors purchase securities from other investors rather than directly from the issuing companies. Organized exchanges facilitate the trading of securities in the secondary market.

spread The gap between bid and ask prices of a security.

stock A share of ownership, or equity, in the issuing company.

total return The percentage that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the fund assuming dividends and distributions were reinvested.

tracking error The difference between the performance of the fund and its benchmark index, positive or negative.

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PRIVACY NOTICE
THIS IS NOT PART OF THE SHAREHOLDER REPORT

A Commitment to Your Privacy

Your Privacy Is Not for Sale

We do not and will not sell your personal information to anyone, for any reason.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of information we maintain about you. Below are details about our commitment, including the types of information we collect and how we use and share that information. This Privacy Notice applies to you only if you are an individual who invests directly in the funds by placing orders through the funds’ transfer agent. If you place orders through your brokerage account at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. or an account with another broker-dealer, investment advisor, 401(k) plan, employee benefit plan, administrator, bank or other financial intermediary, you are covered by the privacy policies of that financial institution and should consult those policies.

How We Collect Information About You

We collect personal information about you in a number of ways.

•  APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION.

We collect personal information from you when you open an account or utilize one of our services. We may also collect information about you from third parties such as consumer reporting agencies to verify your identity. The information we collect may include personal information, including your Social Security number, as well as details about your interests, investments and investment experience.

•  TRANSACTION AND EXPERIENCE INFORMATION.

Once your account has been opened, we collect and maintain personal information about your account activity, including your transactions, balances, positions and history. This information allows us to administer your account and provide the services you have requested.

•  WEBSITE USAGE.

When you visit our websites, we may use devices known as “cookies,” graphic interchange format files (GIFs), or other similar web tools to enhance your web experience. These tools help us to recognize you, maintain your web session, and provide a more personalized experience. To learn more, please click the Privacy link on our website.

How We Share and Use Your Information

We provide access to information about you to our affiliated companies, outside companies and other third parties in certain limited circumstances, including:

•  to help us process transactions for your account;

•  when we use other companies to provide services for us, such as printing and mailing your account statements;

•  when we believe that disclosure is required or permitted under law (for example, to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement, resolve consumer disputes, perform credit/authentication checks, or for risk control).

State Laws

We will comply with state laws that apply to the disclosure or use of information about you.

Safeguarding Your Information — Security Is a Partnership

We take precautions to ensure the information we collect about you is protected and is accessed only by authorized individuals or organizations.

Companies we use to provide support services are not allowed to use information about our shareholders for their own purposes and are contractually obligated to maintain strict confidentiality. We limit their use of information to the performance of the specific services we have requested.

We restrict access to personal information by our employees and agents. Our employees are trained about privacy and are required to safeguard personal information.

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

Contact Us

To provide us with updated information, report suspected fraud or identity theft, or for any other questions, please call the number below.

Schwab ETF^tm direct investors:  1-800-435-4000

^© 2012 Schwab ETFs. All rights reserved.

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Investors should carefully consider information contained in the prospectus, including investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. Please call 1-800-435-4000 for a prospectus and brochure for any Schwab ETF. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest. This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Results

A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab ETFs’ website at www.schwabetfs.com, the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab ETFs at 1-800-435-4000.

Information regarding how a fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by visiting the fund’s website at www.schwabetfs.com or the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

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Investment Adviser

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MFR60994-02

00093921

Item 2: Code of Ethics.

(a)	Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and any other persons who perform a similar function, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by Registrant or a third party.
(c)	During the period covered by the report, no amendments were made to the provisions of this code of ethics.
(d)	During the period covered by the report, Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from the provisions of this code of ethics.
(f)(1)	Registrant has filed this code of ethics as an exhibit pursuant to Item 12(a)(1) of Form N-CSR.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Robert W. Burns, currently serving on its audit committee, is an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Each member of Registrant’s audit committee is “independent” under the standards set forth in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

The designation of Mr. Burns as an “audit committee financial expert” pursuant to Item 3 of Form N-CSR does not (i) impose upon such individual any duties, obligations, or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed upon such individual as a member of Registrant’s audit committee or Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation; and (ii) affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of Registrant’s audit committee or Board of Trustees.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Registrant is composed of fifteen operational series. Ten series have a fiscal year-end of August 31, four series have a fiscal year-end of December 31 (whose annual financial statements are reported in Item 1), and one series has a fiscal year-end of February 28. Principal accountant fees disclosed in Items 4(a)-(d) and 4(g) include fees billed for services rendered to each of the fifteen operational series, based on their respective 2012 and 2011 fiscal years, as applicable.

(a) Below are the aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of Registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements

Audit Fees

2012/2013      $225,950 2011/2010:      $157,663

(b) Below are the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) above.

Audit-Related Fees

For services rendered to Registrant:

2012/2013      $31,336 2011/2010:      $23,029

Nature of these services: tax provision review.

     In each of the last two fiscal years there were no “Audit-Related Fees” required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(c) Below are the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.

Tax Fees

For services rendered to Registrant:

2012/2013      $109,088 2011/2010:      $76,960

Nature of these services: preparation and review of tax returns.

     In each of the last two fiscal years there were no “Tax Fees” required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X

(d) Below are the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) above.

All Other Fees

For services rendered to Registrant:

2012/2013      $ None 2011/2010: None

     In each of the last two fiscal years there were no “All Other Fees” required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(e)(1) Registrant’s audit committee does not have pre-approval policies and procedures as described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(2) There were no services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) above (including services required to be approved by Registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X) that were approved by Registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) Below are the aggregate non-audit fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years by Registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to Registrant, to Registrant’s investment adviser, and to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to Registrant.

2012/2013      $140,424 2011/2010: $99,989

(h) During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by Registrant’s principal accountant to either Registrant’s investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to Registrant were pre-approved. Included in the audit committee’s pre-approval was the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

The Registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and has separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The Registrant’s audit committee members are Robert W. Burns, Stephen Timothy Kochis, and Charles A. Ruffel.

Item 6: Schedule of Investments.

The schedules of investments are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

Item 7: Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8: Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9: Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

(a)

Based on their evaluation of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date, Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, Marie Chandoha and Registrant’s Principal Financial Officer, George Pereira, have concluded that Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are: (i) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately communicated to Registrant’s officers to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures required in this report; (ii) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner; and (iii) are effective in achieving the goals described in (i) and (ii) above.

(b)

During the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that the above officers believe to have materially affected, or to be reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12: Exhibits.

(a) (1)  Registrant’s code of ethics (that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2(a)) is attached.

(2)	Separate certifications for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act, are attached.
(3)	Not applicable.

(b) A certification for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act, is attached. This

certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Commission.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant ) Schwab Strategic Trust — Schwab U.S. REIT ETF

By:	/s/ Marie Chandoha Marie Chandoha Chief Executive Officer
Date: April 12, 2013

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:	/s/ Marie Chandoha Marie Chandoha Chief Executive Officer
Date: April 12, 2013
By:	/s/ George Pereira
	George Pereira Principal Financial Officer
Date: April 12, 2013

EX-99.CODEETH

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Principal Executive and Senior Financial Officers
Schwab Funds:
The Charles Schwab Family of Funds
Schwab Investments
Schwab Capital Trust
Schwab Annuity Portfolios

Laudus Funds:
Laudus Trust
Laudus Institutional Trust

Schwab ETFs:
Schwab Strategic Trust

Effective Date	August 4, 2011
Functional Applicability	Business Conduct of Fund Officers
Approver(s)	Investment Company Board of Trustees
Policy Owner	Investment Company Board of Trustees
Last Update	August 4, 2011
Next Approximate Review Date	August 4, 2012

I. Scope

This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) for the Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs (the “Funds”) covers the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer and any other officers who serve a similar function (each an “Officer”) of all of the investment companies within the Funds’ complex and applies to their service to the Funds.

II. Introduction

The Funds are committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct. The Code consists of an outline of policies regarding conduct pertaining to legal compliance, personal conflicts of interest, confidentiality and privacy, and certain business practices. You are responsible for reviewing the Code and for acting in compliance with the Code in your daily activities.

The Code is not exhaustive; it provides guidance for carrying out your responsibilities on behalf of the Funds and observing the highest standards of ethical conduct. Because the Code does not address every possible situation that may arise, you are responsible for exercising good judgment, applying ethical principles, and raising questions when in doubt. Your integrity and good judgment reflect on the Funds’ brand and reputation, and are the foundation of trust for our shareholder and business relationships.

If you are unsure of what to do in any situation or how to interpret the provisions of the Code, seek guidance before you act. Use the Funds’ resources, including the Chief Legal Officer or the Chief Compliance Officer. If you feel that it is not appropriate to discuss a matter with the Chief Legal Officer or the Chief Compliance Officer, you may contact the Ombudsperson for The Charles Schwab Corporation.

Contact Information

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Title	Name	Phone Number
Chief Compliance Officer	Michael F. Hogan	415-667-1987
Acting Chief Legal Officer of CSIM, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs	David Lekich	415-667-0660
Chief Legal Officer of Laudus Funds	Catherine MacGregor	415-667-0650
The Charles Schwab Corporation Ombudsperson	Sam Scott Miller, Esq. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	212-506-5130

III. Policies

In executing your responsibilities on behalf of the Funds, your conduct should reflect positively on the Funds. A strong personal sense of ethics should always play a significant role in guiding you towards a proper course of action. The appearance of impropriety can be as harmful to the Funds’ reputation as improper conduct.

The Funds’ business is subject to various laws, rules and regulations, including federal securities and state and local laws. Although you are not expected to know the details of the myriad of laws governing our business, you are expected to be familiar with and comply with policies and procedures that apply to your business unit and complete any required training that applies to you (e.g., training regarding privacy or anti-money laundering).

A. Personal Conflicts of Interest

It is important that you do not place yourself in a position that would cloud your judgment in carrying out the business affairs of the Funds. A “personal conflict of interest” occurs when your private interest interferes in any way — or even appears to interfere — with the interests of the Funds. You have a duty to report any material transaction or relationship to the Chief Compliance Officer that reasonably could be expected to be or to create a conflict of interest with the Funds.

Officers, in addition to their obligation to the Funds, may also be an officer or employee of CSIM or Schwab. As a result, this Code recognizes that the Officers will, in the normal course of their duties (whether formally for the Funds or for CSIM, or for both), be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions that will have different effects on CSIM and the Funds. The participation of the Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between the Funds and CSIM and is consistent with the performance by the Officers of their duties as officers of the Funds. Thus, if performed in conformity with the provisions of the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act, such activities will be deemed under the Code to have been handled ethically. In addition, it is recognized by the Trustees that the Officers may also be officers or employees of one or more other investment companies covered by this or other codes.

B. Inside Information

Do not trade on inside information or disclose inside information to anyone except those who have a need to know it in order to fulfill their responsibilities for the Funds and in accordance with the Funds’ policy. This applies to information regarding the Funds, The Charles Schwab Corporation and its subsidiaries, and any other publicly traded company.

Generally, material information is any information that an investor would likely consider important in deciding whether to buy, sell or hold securities or that could affect the market price of the securities. Examples include actual or estimated financial results or change in dividends; significant discoveries or product developments; possible mergers, acquisitions or divestitures; major changes in business strategies; obtaining or losing significant contracts; and threatened major litigation or related developments. If you have or receive information and are unsure whether it is within the definition of inside information or whether its release might be contrary to a fiduciary or other obligation, contact the Chief Compliance Officer prior to disclosing any such information.

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You must not use the Funds’ non-public holdings or transactions information in any way to influence your trades or the trades of other shareholders, including those of other employees, officers and directors. Trading ahead of shareholder or the Funds’ transactions (frontrunning) and following shareholder or the Funds’ transactions (piggybacking or shadowing) is prohibited.

C. Acceptance of Gifts or Entertainment

You must not accept gifts or entertainment from shareholders, vendors, suppliers, competitors or other employees where they present a conflict of interest or create the appearance of impropriety. You must adhere to the CSIM and The Charles Schwab Corporation policies regarding gifts and entertainment, and apply the more stringent restrictions.

D. Confidentiality of Information and Privacy

Information concerning the identity of the Funds’ underlying shareholders and their transactions and accounts is confidential. Such information may not be disclosed to persons working on behalf of the Funds except as they may need to know it in order to fulfill their responsibilities to the Funds. You may not disclose such information to anyone or any firm outside the Funds unless (i) the outside firm needs to know the information in order to perform services for the Funds and is bound to maintain its confidentiality; (ii) when the shareholder has consented or been given an opportunity to request that the information not be shared; (iii) as required by law; or (iv) as authorized by the Chief Legal Officer or Chief Compliance Officer.

The Funds are committed to safeguarding its customers’ privacy. We do not sell any personally identifiable customer information. Sharing of such information with third parties is limited to situations related to the processing and servicing of customer accounts, and to specifically delineated exceptions in the federal privacy law. We share information with our affiliates to the extent permitted by federal law. You must be familiar with the procedural and systemic safeguards we maintain to protect this information.

You have the responsibility to safeguard the Funds’ proprietary information. Proprietary information includes intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks or patents or trade secrets), particular know-how (business or organizational designs, or business, marketing or service plans or ideas) and sensitive information about the Funds (databases, records, salary information or unpublished financial reports).

E. Protection and Use of Funds’ Assets

You are obligated to protect the Funds’ assets and ensure their efficient use. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact on the Funds. The Funds’ equipment should not be used for non-Funds’ business, though incidental personal use may be permitted.

F. Financial Disclosures

The Funds are committed to providing full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Funds file with, or submit to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory agencies and in other public communications made by the Funds. You are required to comply with the Funds’ policies and procedures to provide such full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure.

G. Conduct of Audits

Neither you nor any other person acting under your direction shall directly or indirectly take any action to fraudulently influence, coerce, manipulate, or mislead any independent public or certified public accountant engaged in the performance of an audit or review of the Funds’ financial statements.

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Types of conduct that constitute improper influence include, but are not limited to, directly or indirectly:

• Offering or paying bribes or other financial incentives, including offering future employment or contracts for non-audit services

• Providing an auditor with inaccurate or misleading legal analysis

• Threatening to cancel or canceling existing non-audit or audit engagements if the auditor objects to the issuer’s accounting

• Seeking to have a partner removed from the audit engagement because the partner objects to the Funds’ accounting

• Blackmailing

• Making physical threats

H. Recordkeeping

You must be familiar with the Funds’ record retention policies and always retain or destroy records according to them. In the event of litigation, governmental investigation or the threat of such action, you should consult the Chief Legal Officer or the Chief Compliance Officer regarding record retention.

The Funds’ books, records and accounts must conform both to applicable legal requirements and to the Funds’ internal controls and policies.

Unrecorded or “off-the-books” funds or assets are prohibited unless permitted by applicable law or regulation. Business records must not contain exaggeration, derogatory remarks, guesswork, or inappropriate characterizations of people and companies. This applies equally to email, internal memoranda, formal reports, and all other forms of business records.

I. Sales Practices

If you transact business for shareholders, you are required to know and observe the Funds’ specific policies and procedures for shareholder sales and transactions, such as the content and use of sales materials, documentation for transactions, quotations and suitability. Likewise, if you transact business with third parties (such as vendors or suppliers), you will be required to know and observe the Funds’ policies and procedures for such transactions, such as marketing policies, procedures for performing due diligence on third parties, and obtaining proper authorizations for any agreements. You must be familiar with any enumerated policies and procedures governing your sales activities and use good judgment in complying with them.

J. Competition and Fair Dealing

We operate our business fairly and honestly. We seek competitive advantage through performance and never through unethical or illegal business practices. It is our policy to comply with anti-trust laws. These laws are complex and not easily summarized, but at a minimum require that there be no agreement or understanding between the Funds and their competitors that affect prices, terms or conditions of sale or that unreasonably restrain full and fair competition. You must always respect the rights of and deal fairly with the Funds’ shareholders and competitors. You must never take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any other unfair dealing practice.

K. Prohibition of Bribery and Kickbacks

Our policies prohibit bribery or kickbacks of any kind and to anyone in the conduct of our business. The U.S. government has a number of laws and regulations applicable specifically to business gratuities that may be offered to or accepted by U.S. and foreign government personnel. The promise, offer or delivery to an official or employee of the U.S. government or an official, employee or candidate of a foreign government of a gift, favor, payment or other gratuity in violation of these rules would not only violate the Funds’ policy but could also be a criminal offense. Similarly, federal law, as well as the laws of many states, prohibits engaging in “commercial bribery.” Commercial

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bribery involves soliciting, demanding or agreeing to accept anything of value from any person intending to influence or be rewarded in connection with any business or transaction, and prohibits all such behavior, for example, with respect to vendors, competitors, shareholders, and government employees.

L. Waivers

Waivers of the Code may be made only by the Trustees, and will be promptly disclosed publicly as required by law.

M. Code Amendments

This Code may not be amended except in written form, which is specifically approved or ratified by a majority of the Trustees including a majority of the independent Trustees. Any amendments will, to the extent required, be disclosed in accordance with law.

N. Confidentiality

All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code will be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the Trustees, CSIM, The Charles Schwab Corporation and their respective counsel.

III. Escalation and Prohibition against Retaliation

If you know of, or reasonably believe there is, a violation of this Code, you must report that information immediately to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer. Depending on the possible violation, you may also be required to report it pursuant to The Charles Schwab Corporation Code of Business Conduct and CSIM compliance policies and procedures. You should not conduct preliminary investigations unless authorized to do so by the Compliance Department.

No Officer will be retaliated against for making a good faith complaint or for bringing inappropriate conduct to the attention of the Funds’ personnel, Ombudsperson or Trustees, for assisting another employee or applicant in making a good faith report, for cooperating in an investigation, or for filing an administrative claim with a state or federal governmental agency. Any Officer who in good faith raises an issue regarding a possible violation of law, regulation or company policy or any suspected illegal or unethical behavior will be protected from retaliation.

If you have violated the Code, however, making a report will not protect you from the consequences of your actions. You can be subject to discipline up to and including termination of employment if you violate the Code or fail to report violations that come to your attention.

Any employee who engages in retaliatory conduct in violation of our policies will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. If you reasonably believe retaliatory conduct has occurred, you must report such conduct to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer.

IV. Procedures

A. Officers

• Read and be familiar with conduct rules outlined in the Code, and periodically review them.

• Affirm in writing to the Trustees that you have received, read and understand the Code.

• Annually affirm to the Trustees that you have complied with the requirements of the Code.

• Comply with the conduct standards outlined in this Code in all dealings and actions, including those with shareholders, the public, and vendors.

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• Report any material transaction or relationship to the Chief Compliance Officer that reasonably could be expected to be or to create a personal conflict of interest with the Funds.

• Report in a timely manner to the Chief Compliance Officer any conduct that may constitute a violation of the Code, the Funds’ policies, or laws, rules and regulations.

• Raise questions or concerns about conduct issues with your supervisor, the Chief Legal Officer or Chief Compliance Officer, and seek advice when in doubt.

• Cooperate with management during fact-finding investigations and comply with any confidentiality rules imposed.

B. Chief Compliance Officer

• The Chief Compliance Officer, upon becoming notified of potential violation of this Code, will conduct, facilitate or delegate a review of the matter and will report to the Chairperson of affected Fund’s Audit and Compliance Committee any violations of this Code that he or she believes to be material.

• The Chief Compliance Officer, upon becoming notified of a personal conflict of interest between an Officer and the Funds that the Chief Compliance Officer deems to be material, will report the issue to the Chairperson of the affected Fund’s Audit and Compliance Committee and will work with legal and other appropriate parties to ensure that any required disclosures are made.

C. Trustees

• The Board of Trustees will consider appropriate action to address any violations of the Code that they deem to be material, which may include review of and appropriate modification to applicable policies and procedures, notification to appropriate personnel of CSIM or its board, notification to appropriate personnel of The Charles Schwab Corporation or its board, or a recommendation to dismiss the Officer.

VI. Regulatory Authority

This Code constitutes the sole code of ethics adopted by the Funds for purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder. Insofar as other policies or procedures of the Funds, CSIM, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., The Charles Schwab Corporation or other Fund service providers govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities of an Officer who is subject to this Code, they are superseded by this Code to the extent that they conflict with the provisions of this Code. CSIM’s, the Funds’ and Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.’s (as distributor) joint code of ethics under Rule 17j-1 pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 204A-1 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and CSIM’s, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.’s, and The Charles Schwab Corporation’s policies and procedures set forth in their respective compliance manuals and elsewhere are separate requirements applying to the Officers and are not part of this Code.

Policy and Procedure History
Board approval dates

• Schwab Funds: June 15, 2011

• Laudus Funds: June 15, 2011

• Schwab ETFs: August 4, 2011

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EX-99.CERT

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Marie Chandoha, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Schwab Strategic Trust — Schwab U.S. REIT ETF Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosures and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 12, 2013 /s/ Marie Chandoha   Marie Chandoha
President and Chief Executive Officer

CERTIFICATIONS

I, George Pereira, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Schwab Strategic Trust — Schwab U.S. REIT ETF Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosures and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 12, 2013 /s/ George Pereira   George Pereira
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

EX-99.906CERT

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report for Schwab Strategic Trust — Schwab U.S. REIT ETF Fund (“issuer”) on Form N-CSR for the period ended February 28, 2013 (“periodic report”), each of the undersigned, being the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The periodic report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the periodic report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer for the period presented therein.

/s/ Marie Chandoha Marie Chandoha President and Chief Executive Officer	Date: April 12, 2013
/s/ George Pereira George Pereira Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer	Date: April 12, 2013

This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Commission.