As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2021

File Nos. 333-160595
811-22311​

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 ☒​

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 136 ☒

SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

211 Main Street
San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(800) 648-5300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

David J. Lekich, Esq.
211 Main Street
San Francisco, California 94105

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies of communications to:

Douglas P. Dick, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006 John M. Loder, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199‑3600

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

□  Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

☒  On July 30, 2021 pursuant to paragraph (b)

□  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

□  On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

□  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

□  On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

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

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 to the Registration Statement of Schwab Strategic Trust (the Registrant) is being filed, pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), for the sole purpose of delaying, until July 30, 2021, the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 131 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 5, 2021, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act (Accession Number: 0001104659-21-046532) (referred to herein as PEA No. 131).

This Post-Effective Amendment incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B, and C of PEA No. 131 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, on the 1st day of July, 2021.

SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
Registrant

Jonathan de St. Paer*

Jonathan de St. Paer, President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated this 1st day of July, 2021.

Signature	Title
Walter W. Bettinger II* Walter W. Bettinger II	Chairman and Trustee
Joseph R. Martinetto* Joseph R. Martinetto	Trustee
Robert W. Burns* Robert W. Burns	Trustee
John F. Cogan* John F. Cogan	Trustee
Nancy F. Heller* Nancy F. Heller	Trustee
David L. Mahoney* David L. Mahoney	Trustee
Jane P. Moncreiff* Jane P. Moncreiff	Trustee
Kiran M. Patel* Kiran M. Patel	Trustee
Kimberly S. Patmore* Kimberly S. Patmore	Trustee
J. Derek Penn* J. Derek Penn	Trustee
Mark D. Fischer* Mark D. Fischer	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

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