This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Historical results may not indicate future performance. Our forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events, are based on assumptions, and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. Factors that may cause differences between actual results and those contemplated by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed in "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A, of this Annual Report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, including any changes that might result from any facts, events, or circumstances after the date hereof that may bear upon forward-looking statements. Furthermore, we cannot guarantee future results, events, levels of activity, performance, or achievements.

This MD&A is intended to assist in understanding and assessing the trends and significant changes in our results of operations and financial condition. As used in this MD&A, the words, "we," "our" and "us" refer to K12 Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The following overview provides a summary of the sections included in our MD&A:

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º Executive Summary-a general description of our business and key highlights of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.

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º Key Aspects and Trends of Our Operations-a discussion of items and trends that may impact our business in the upcoming year.

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º Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates-a discussion of critical accounting policies requiring critical judgments and estimates.

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º Results of Operations-an analysis of our results of operations in our consolidated financial statements.

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º Liquidity and Capital Resources-an analysis of cash flows, sources and uses of cash, commitments and contingencies, seasonality in the results of our operations, the impact of inflation, and quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk.

Executive Summary

We are a technology-based education company. We offer proprietary curriculum, software systems and educational services designed to facilitate individualized learning for students primarily in kindergarten through 12th grade, or K-12. Our mission is to maximize a child's potential by providing access to an engaging and effective education, regardless of geographic location or socio-economic background. Since our inception, we have invested more than $305 million to develop and, to a lesser extent, acquire curriculum and online learning platforms that promote mastery of core concepts and skills for students of all abilities. K12 provides a continuum of technology-based educational products and solutions to districts, public schools, private schools, charter schools and families as we strive to transform the educational experience into one that delivers individualized education on a highly scalable basis.

We achieved significant revenue growth during fiscal year 2012, reflecting growth in our traditional online schools, expansion of our Institutional Business and the impact from our recent acquisitions. We increased revenues to $708.4 million, from $522.4 million, a growth rate of 35.6% from fiscal 2011. Our fiscal year 2012 results reflect the full year impact of acquisitions completed in our prior fiscal year while fiscal year 2011 results include revenue and operating activity only after the dates of the

acquisitions. In addition, our fiscal year 2012 revenue includes the full year impact from our acquisition of certain assets of KVE on July 1, 2011, which included contracts to serve nine public virtual charter schools in the United States and other assets.

In fiscal year 2012, operating income increased to $29.0 million, from $24.2 million in fiscal year 2011, an increase of 19.8%, net income to stockholders increased to $17.5 million, from $12.8 million, an increase of 36.7% and EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure (see reconciliation of net income to EBITDA in "Item 6-Selected Financial Data"), increased to $87.0 million, from $67.1 million, an increase of 29.7%. The increase in our operating income resulted from increased revenue from our organic and acquisition-related growth offset by the expense incurred integrating recently acquired entities, increased personnel costs from the growth in the number of our employees and operating expenses associated with our infrastructure investments.

Virtual and blended public schools generally under turn-key management contracts (Managed Public Schools) accounted for approximately 84% of our revenue in fiscal year 2012. For the 2012-13 school year, we will manage schools in 32 states and the District of Columbia.

We serve an increasing number of schools and school districts enabling them to offer our course catalog to students either full-time or on an individual course basis. We have a growing sales team to focus on this sector and, through our acquisitions of KCDL and AEC in 2010, we increased the size and expertise of our sales team, added a reseller network and expanded our course portfolio. The services we provide to these schools and school districts are designed to assist them in launching their own online learning programs which vary according to the needs of the individual school and school district and may include teacher training programs, administrator support and our PEAK12 management system. With our services, schools and districts can offer programs that allow students to participate full-time, as their primary school, or part-time, supplementing their education with core courses, electives, credit recovery options, remediation and supplemental content options. We continued to provide these services to school districts or individual schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

We operate three online private schools where parents can enroll students on a tuition basis for a full-time online education or individual courses to supplement their children's traditional instruction. These include our K12 International Academy, an online private school that enables us to offer students worldwide the same full-time education programs and curriculum that we provide to the virtual and blended public schools, The Keystone School, a private school that offers online and correspondence courses, and the George Washington University Online High School, a program that offers college preparatory curriculum and is designed for high school students who are seeking a challenging academic experience. In addition, we own and operate the International School of Berne, a traditional private school located in Berne, Switzerland and a recognized IB school serving students in grades Pre-K through 12.

Our History

We were founded in 2000 to utilize advances in technology to provide children with access to a high-quality public school education regardless of their geographic location or socio-economic background. Given the geographic flexibility of technology-based education, we believed that the pursuit of this mission could help address the growing concerns regarding the regionalized disparity in the quality of public school education, both in the United States and abroad. The convergence of these concerns and rapid advances in Internet networks created the opportunity to make a significant impact by deploying high quality online learning systems on a flexible, online platform.

In September 2001, we introduced our kindergarten through 2nd grade offering. We launched our initial online learning system in virtual public schools in Pennsylvania and Colorado, serving approximately 900 students in the two states combined. We added new grades over the first seven years

and continue to manage schools in more states every year. We have also launched blended public schools that combine face-to-face time in the classroom with online instruction and opened an online private school to reach students worldwide. For the 2011-12 school year, we managed public schools in 29 states and through our Institutional Business served schools in all 50 states. For the 2012-13 school year, we have been approved to manage schools in Iowa, New Jersey and New Mexico, bringing the total states with Managed Public Schools to 32 in addition to the District of Columbia.

The following table sets forth the new states managed by school year for our virtual and blended public schools:

                      Number of
                     States with
                       Managed
   School Year      Public Schools      New States with Managed Public Schools
   SY 2001 - 2002         2                     Colorado, Pennsylvania
   SY 2002 - 2003         7          Arkansas, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Ohio
   SY 2003 - 2004         10                 Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin
   SY 2004 - 2005         10                             None
   SY 2005 - 2006         11                            Texas
   SY 2006 - 2007         13                    Illinois, Washington,
   SY 2007 - 2008         16                    Georgia, Nevada, Utah
   SY 2008 - 2009         20           Hawaii, Indiana, Oregon, South Carolina
   SY 2009 - 2010         24             Alaska, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wyoming
   SY 2010 - 2011         27               Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan
   SY 2011 - 2012         29                     Louisiana, Tennessee
   SY 2012 - 2013         32                Iowa, New Jersey*, New Mexico


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Recent Acquisitions, Strategic Investments and Equity Private Placement

During the last three years, we completed several strategic transactions to accelerate our growth, expand our course catalog and service offerings and extend our distribution capabilities. While these initiatives have expanded our markets and growth opportunities, we have incurred additional costs associated with acquiring, integrating and operating these acquired businesses. These include the following.

Formation of Middlebury Interactive Languages LLC

In April 2010, we formed a joint venture with Middlebury College, known as MIL, to develop online foreign language courses. We contributed substantially all of the assets in our Power-Glide Language Courses Inc. subsidiary, along with certain intellectual property licenses and cash for a 60% interest in the joint venture. Middlebury College contributed a license to use its school name, its Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy business and cash for a 40% interest in the joint venture. As the majority and controlling owner, we consolidate the results and operations of MIL into our financial statements. We offer the MIL courses in our virtual and blended public schools and to school districts and believe they have wide applicability in online learning. MIL creates innovative, online language programs for pre-college students and leverages Middlebury College's recognized experience in foreign language instruction and our expertise in online education. Language faculty from Middlebury collaborates with MIL to develop and manage the academic content of the Web-based language courses. MMLA offers foreign language camps through four-week residential and day camps at selected college campuses.

Acquisition of KC Distance Learning, Inc.

In July 2010, we acquired KCDL, a provider of online curriculum and public and private virtual education. KCDL included three distribution channels: Aventa Learning (online curriculum and instruction), The Keystone School (an online and correspondence private school) and contracts to serve iQ Academies (statewide virtual public charter schools). Aventa Learning offers schools and school districts over 140 core, elective and Advanced Placement (AP) courses in grades 6-12, including credit recovery courses, full-scale virtual school programs and instructional services.

Formation of Capital Education LLC

In July 2010, we acquired certain assets, including a catalog of over 200 courses and eight issued patents, of Cardean Learning Group LLC through a subsidiary, Capital Education LLC, a provider of online services to post-secondary institutions. The programs offered by Capital Education are designed for colleges and universities seeking to build or expand their online presence, and we have already executed contracts with three universities. Services include course development and distribution through a proprietary learning management platform, hosting and technical support, student advisory services and program administration.

Acquisition of The American Education Corporation

In December 2010, we acquired the stock of AEC. AEC is a leading provider of research-based core curriculum instructional software for kindergarten through adult learners. The acquisition increases our portfolio of innovative, high quality instructional courseware and curriculum used by school districts all over the country.

Investment in Web International Education Group, Ltd.

In January 2011, we invested $10 million to obtain a 20% minority interest in Web International Education Group, Ltd. ("Web"). Web is a provider of English language training for learners of all ages throughout China, including university students, government workers and employees of international companies and it maintains an extensive network of learning centers throughout China.

Acquisition of International School of Berne

In April, 2011, we acquired the operations of IS Berne, a traditional private school located in Berne, Switzerland serving students in grades Pre-K through 12. IS Berne is an IB school in its 50th year of operation. Our purchase provided us with the right to operate IS Berne and substantially all of its assets excluding real estate.

Investment by Technology Crossover Ventures in K12 Inc.

In April 2011, we completed a private placement sale of 4 million shares of restricted common stock at a price of $31.46 per share to Technology Crossover Ventures ("TCV"). The gross proceeds of $125.8 million were unrestricted and available for acquisitions, strategic investments and general corporate purposes. Under the terms of the transaction, our Board of Directors ("Board") appointed a director nominated by TCV to the Board to hold office until our next annual meeting. Additionally, we granted TCV the right to participate on a pro-rata basis in any of our subsequent private offerings of common stock, subject to certain exclusions such as issuances in connection with acquisitions or employee equity plans. As provided by the terms of the transaction, we filed a resale registration statement with respect to these shares with the SEC and the registration statement was declared effective on December 28, 2011.

Acquisition of Assets from Kaplan Virtual Education

In July 2011, we completed the purchase of certain K-12 assets and Insight School management contracts of KVE, a subsidiary of Kaplan, Inc. KVE assets included and contracts to serve online public schools in eight states serving students in grades 6-12. The acquisition allows us to serve more students with multiple curriculum platforms and leverage the Insight School brand and our existing virtual academy operations.

Financial Statement Overview

Since 2010, our business has evolved significantly, and as a result this impacts the comparability of period to period financial results. These changes include: the acquisition of KCDL in July 2010; the acquisition of AEC in December 2010; the acquisition of IS Berne in April 2011; and the acquisition of KVE and Insight Schools (the "Kaplan/Insight Assets") in July 2011. For fiscal year 2012, our financial results include a full year of operating activities from these acquisitions. For fiscal year 2011, our financial results include operating activities since the date of the respective acquisitions and 2010 does not include operating results from any of our acquisitions. These acquisitions accounted for a large portion of the increases in our revenue, student enrollments and operating costs, including transaction and integrations costs, amongst periods. In addition, we experienced organic growth from the new state schools added in recent years identified above and the continued ramp-up in student enrollments and associated variable operating costs from schools opening over the last five years.

Our fiscal year 2012 results also include operating activities associated with investments to support our growth and business expansion that were not incurred to the same extent during the prior year periods. These investments include our internal business support systems, a second data center to support operations, and expansion of our products and services into new international, academic and institutional sales markets. Certain business support systems and a second data center were under development during prior periods and development costs were generally capitalized. We have also incurred additional maintenance and license costs, depreciation and other operating costs associated with operating these assets. The operating costs associated with maintaining these systems will continue in future periods.

Student enrollment in our Managed Public Schools has experienced a shift in the mix of students with an increased level of high school students. The shift occurred as a result of our acquisition of the Kaplan/Insight Assets, which only serve students in grades 6-12, and from organic growth in many of the schools we serve. The continued expansion of our Institutional Business and our International and Private Pay Business also shifts the mix of our revenue and associated costs of providing services, including additional sales personnel, third-party distributor costs and third-party royalty costs for our Institutional Business. We may continue to experience changes in our enrollment, revenue and cost mix as we continue expansion into markets different than our traditional Managed Public Schools. Our nascent businesses have not yet reached scale and placed downward pressure on our operating margins in fiscal year 2012.

Our headcount growth from approximately 1,100 employees at the beginning of 2010 to approximately 3,300 at the end of our 2012 fiscal year, including teachers associated with our enrollment growth, the development of the Institutional Business, including the expansion of a sales force, and the decision to have more K12-employed teachers in our managed schools have also directly impacted our operating expenses during the last three years. During fiscal year 2012, we also incurred additional legal costs defending litigation and increased costs associated with the ERP implementation. We believe that all the above factors, particularly the significant infrastructure investments, acquisitions and the depreciation and amortization associated with our acquired assets and infrastructure investments, reduce the comparability of our operating results between periods.

Funding Overview

State education budgets remain under pressure due to the continuing slow pace of economic recovery. Public school funding levels, including funding for our Managed Public Schools, have been reduced in several states over the past few years, including even abrupt mid-year cuts in certain states, which in some cases were retroactively applied to the start of the school year as a result of formulaic adjustments. We routinely monitor state legislative activity and regulatory proceedings that might impact the funding received by the schools we serve and, to the extent possible, factor potential outcomes into our business planning decisions. Accordingly, we recognized a reduction in revenue of about 2% during fiscal year 2012 related to various state funding issues. In addition, because of current economic pressures, some states are delaying their payments to public schools. We experienced delays in receiving payments during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012 from our Managed Public Schools that depend on receiving state funding before remitting payment to us. As a result of these deferred payments, we have experienced higher accounts receivable throughout the third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2012, which negatively affected our cash position and cash provided from operations as compared to our normal seasonal pattern of collections. We currently expect to receive payment from certain states that deferred payment in fiscal 2012 during our first quarter of fiscal year 2013.

Key Aspects and Trends of Our Operations

Revenues-Overview

We generate a significant portion of our revenues from the sale of curriculum, management and technology services to managed virtual and blended public schools, where we provide turn-key management services. More than 84% of our revenues were derived from this source in fiscal year 2012. We anticipate that these revenues will continue to represent the majority of our total revenues over the next 12-24 months; however we expect revenues in other aspects of our business to increase as a percentage of revenue of our total revenues as we execute on our growth strategy. We provide products and services primarily to three lines of business: Managed Public Schools, Institutional Business and International and Private Pay Business.

Factors affecting our revenues include:

(i) the number of enrollments;

(ii) the mix of enrollments across grades and states;

(iii) management services provided to the schools and school districts;

(iv) state or district per student funding levels and attendance requirements;

(v) prices for our products and services;

(vi) growth in our other customer types; and

(vii) revenues from new initiatives, mergers and acquisitions.

State education budgets remain under pressure due to the continuing slow pace of economic recovery. Public school funding levels, including funding for our Managed Public Schools, have been reduced in several states over the past few years, including even abrupt mid-year cuts in certain states, which in some cases were retroactively applied to the start of the school year as a result of formulaic adjustments. While the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010 provided temporary stimulus funds to states, they did not fully offset the state funding reductions and have generally expired. Our financial results reflect the state funding reductions, federal funds provided and the reduction of federal funds provided, and expense reductions that we undertook to take in order to mitigate the impact of these budget constraints. Net reductions in school funding have negatively affected both revenue and operating results for our last four fiscal

years. Many states continue to experience budget issues, including the state of California, where we have 12 virtual and blended public schools in operation. The specific level of federal, state and district funding for the coming years is not yet known, and taken as a whole, it is reasonable to believe that a number of the public schools we serve, including those served by our Institutional Business group, may experience lower funding in the future.

Our growth strategy includes increasing revenues in other distribution channels, including accelerating Institutional Business sales, adding enrollments in our private schools and pursuing international opportunities to offer our learning systems. While the combined revenues from these other sectors were significantly smaller than that from the Managed Public Schools in fiscal year 2012, these revenues are growing at a faster rate. Our success in executing our strategies will impact future growth.

Public Funding and Regulation. Our public school customers are financed with state and local government and, to a lesser extent, federal funding. Budget appropriations for education at all levels of government are determined through a political process and impacted by general economic conditions, and, as a result, our revenues may be affected by changes in appropriations. Decreases in funding could result in an adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Competition. Providing online education, including the provision of services to school districts through our Institutional Business channel, is becoming increasingly competitive. As this competition intensifies, it could negatively affect our growth, revenues and operating margins. With the introduction of new technologies and entrants, we expect this competition to intensify. We are also experiencing significant price competition in our Institutional Business sector. This price competition may have a significant impact on both the retention of our existing customers and the acquisition of new Institutional Business customers.

We define an enrollment as a student using our curriculum. Generally, students will take four to six courses, except for some kindergarten students who may participate in half-day programs. We count each half-day kindergarten student as an enrollment. School sessions generally begin in August or September and end in May or June. To ensure that all schools are reflected in our measure of enrollments, we consider the number of students on the last day of September to be our opening enrollment level, and the number of students enrolled on the last day of May to be our ending enrollment level. For each period, average enrollments represent the average of the month-end enrollment levels for each school month in the period. We continually evaluate our enrollment levels by state, by school and by grade. We track new student enrollments and withdrawals throughout the year.

We believe that our revenue growth depends upon the following:

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º the number of states and school districts in which we operate;

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º the mix of students served;

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º the restrictive terms of local laws or regulations, including enrollment caps;

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º the appeal of our curriculum and instructional model to students and families;

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º the specific school or school district requirements including credit recovery, Advanced Placement (AP), or special needs;

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º the effectiveness of our program in delivering favorable academic outcomes;

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º the quality of the teachers working in the schools we serve; and

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º the effectiveness of our marketing and recruiting programs.

In fiscal year 2012, we increased total average enrollments by 29,364, or 41.2%, to 100,686, as compared to total average enrollments of 71,322 or 41.12%, in fiscal year 2011. We continually evaluate our trends in revenues by . . .