Knowing the best classroom desk arrangement for your students takes a bit of time after school has started. You can always begin with one seating chart on Day One, but very quickly you start to learn whether the current desk configuration will work with your students – or will need to be modified. Some days […]
Classroom Seating Charts
Looking for new ideas for how to set up student classroom desks? You have come to the right place! This site is designed to give you some new ideas and fresh perspective for our classroom set up!
This site has several pages of possible student desk arrangements for class sizes from 16-31+. Hopefully you are able to incorporate something new for your classroom this year!
Click the links below for specific class sizes:
- 16-17 Students
- 18-19 Students
- 20-21 Students
- 22-23 Students
- 24-25 Students
- 26-27 Students
- 28-29 Students
- 30-31 Students
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Classroom Seating Chart: Wigwams
This section is for class sizes of 24-25 students. While all the photos show options for 24 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. Triangular groups of three is nice for group discussions and projects. This type of classroom desk arrangement would not be […]
Classroom Seating Chart: X Marks the Spot
This section is for class sizes of 18-19 students. While all the photos show options for 18 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of groups, if needed. Straight lines that cross at a midpoint are the central theme of this seating arrangement. It would be wonderful for an […]
Classroom Seating Chart: T-Chart
This section is for class sizes of 20-21 students. While all the photos show options for 20 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. These small groups are still comprised of teams of four, but are far less conducive to teaming. This could be […]
Classroom Seating Chart: U 2
This section is for class sizes of 18-19 students. While all the photos show options for 18 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of groups, if needed. A modified U shape can encourage students to work only on their task. This type of seating arrangement does not work […]
Classroom Seating Chart: The Labyrinth
This section is for class sizes of 16-17 students. While all the photos show options for 16 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. This seating chart is set up almost like a box, but with wider spaces between the desks. This allows for […]
Classroom Seating Chart: The Dippers
This section is for class sizes of 30 or more students. While all the photos show options for 30 students, feel free to place additional students on the end of groups, or add additional groups, if needed. Zig zags formations are the center of this class seating chart. This would work best for individual student […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Tri-Squares
This section is for class sizes of 24-25 students. While all the photos show options for 24 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. Gives a simple way for small classroom groups to interact with one another. All are facing the same common direction. […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Stripes
This section is for class sizes of 20-21 students. While all the photos show options for 20 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. Three rows of connecting desks make for an easy way to teach with direct instruction, while yet breaking free of […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Triple I’s
This section is for class sizes of 18-19 students. While all the photos show options for 18 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of groups, if needed. Getting a new outlook in the classroom every so often is vital in keeping a fresh perspective on learning. With this […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Tetris
This section is for class sizes of 16-17 students. While all the photos show options for 16 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. Named so because of the block formations, the teams are not as condensed as the Four Square, so the students […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Sweet T
This section is for class sizes of 30 or more students. While all the photos show options for 30 students, feel free to place additional students on the end of groups, or add additional groups, if needed. This seating chart example has small groups of four to six students sitting in various directions, but still […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Tunnels
This section is for class sizes of 28 or more students. While all the photos show options for 28 students, feel free to place additional students on the end of groups, or add additional groups, if needed. This is a nontraditional type of seating chart that has students facing multiple different directions. It would be […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Triplets
This section is for class sizes of 24-25 students. While all the photos show options for 24 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. Three groups of desks are arranged in a line with a small walkway between each. Behaviors are broken apart by […]
Classroom Seating Chart: The Big U
This section is for class sizes of 24-25 students. While all the photos show options for 24 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. In a U formation, the students can do group activities easily, but when you would like them separated, this set-up […]
Classroom Seating Chart: U Squared
This section is for class sizes of 22-23 students. While all the photos show options for 22 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. The double U shape permits all students to see the front of the room during direct instruction. It also leaves […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Stadium
This section is for class sizes of 20-21 students. While all the photos show options for 20 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. It gives the students a way to all face the front if you don’t have a lot of room in […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Three-Timer
This section is for class sizes of 18-19 students. While all the photos show options for 18 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of groups, if needed. Create a “learning triathlon” comprised of these three distinct teams. Make it into a competition and the students will find novelty […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Simple
This section is for class sizes of 16-17 students. While all the photos show options for 16 students, feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups, if needed. This is just a simple desk setup for standard classroom learning. Desks are staggered so that student viewing is not […]
Classroom Seating Chart: Seashells
This section is for class sizes of 30 or more students. While all the photos show options for 30 students, feel free to place additional students on the end of groups, or add additional groups, if needed. Three groups of two desks each are the focus of this seating chart example. The groups them become […]