EXHIBIT 12.1



SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)



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|-------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | ---- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|                                                   |  | Fiscal Year (1)
|                                                   |  | 2004            |        | 2003 |   | 2002   |  | 2001 |        | 2000
|Earnings                                           |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Income before income taxes                         |  | $               | 66,712 |      | $ | 66,037 |  | $    | 36,300 |      | $ | 21,006 |  | $ | 33,635
|Plus:                                              |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Fixed charges                                      |  |                 | 21,100 |      |   | 20,840 |  |      | 20,052 |      |   | 18,941 |  |   | 15,003
|Amortization of capitalized interest               |  |                 | 48     |      |   | 48     |  |      | 28     |      |   |       |  |   |      
|Less interest capitalized during period            |  |                 |       |      |   |       |  |      | 240    |      |   |       |  |   |      
|                                                   |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|                                                   |  | $               | 87,860 |      | $ | 86,925 |  | $    | 56,140 |      | $ | 39,947 |  | $ | 48,638
|                                                   |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Fixed Charges                                      |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Interest (expensed or capitalized)                 |  | $               | 16,564 |      | $ | 16,042 |  | $    | 15,964 |      | $ | 16,393 |  | $ | 12,767
|Portion of rent expense representative of interest |  |                 | 2,797  |      |   | 2,675  |  |      | 2,519  |      |   | 1,958  |  |   | 1,661 
|Amortization of deferred financing fees            |  |                 | 1,739  |      |   | 2,123  |  |      | 1,569  |      |   | 590    |  |   | 575   
|                                                   |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|                                                   |  | $               | 21,100 |      | $ | 20,840 |  | $    | 20,052 |      | $ | 18,941 |  | $ | 15,003
|                                                   |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                 |  |                 | 4.2    |      |   | 4.2    |  |      | 2.8    |      |   | 2.1    |  |   | 3.2   
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|(1) | All fiscal years presented were 52 weeks, except for fiscal 2000, which had 53 weeks.
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