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Assuming the base creature has a CR less than 1, then the CR of the creature is equal to the number of class levels it has minus 1. A 12th level human wizard would be CR11.
If the creature has a CR greater than or equal to 1, then the rules change a bit. You have to start dealing with associated and non-associated class levels. You can find the rules on that here in the section titled Adding Class Levels.