As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2019

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. 117 ☒

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 119 ☒

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)

Jonathan de St. Paer
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 David J. Lekich, Esq.
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
211 Main Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

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

☒ Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

□ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

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

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

□ 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.

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. 117 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. 117 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, on the 17th day of October, 2019.

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. 117 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated this 17th day of October, 2019.

Signature	Title
Walter W. Bettinger II* Walter W. Bettinger II	Chairman and Trustee
Jonathan de St. Paer* Jonathan de St. Paer	Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer
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
Stephen Timothy Kochis* Stephen Timothy Kochis	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
Gerald B. Smith* Gerald B. Smith	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

EXHIBIT INDEX

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