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Elementary seating chart

Five tables of five, two students near the board and two pairs who do better apart: the kind of room SeatSheet sorts out in seconds. The maker is loaded with this room: paste your own class, shuffle, then print.

22 students

Paste from a spreadsheet, your gradebook or a roster export: "Last, First", numbers and ID columns are handled. Up to 40 students.

Sample class:
Room layout

25 seats

Seating rules keep apart, front row

Keep-apart students never share a pair or table and never sit directly beside, in front of or behind each other. Lock a seat (tap it on the chart) to keep a student exactly there.

More options teacher's desk, empty seats

Runs in your browser: student names never leave this device.

Table 5
Table 4
Table 3
Table 2
Table 1
Front of room Teacher's desk

22 students in 25 seats · 3 empty · all 4 rules kept

How to set it up

Younger students sit at tables more often than in rows, and the seating plan does a lot of the behavior management. This preset has 22 students at five tables. Ava and Ben are on the front-row list, so they always land at a table in the first row; two pairs are kept at separate tables. Empty seats are shared so no table is left with only two children. The printed chart uses big, bold names a child can read from their seat.

  1. Paste the class list; first names are enough.
  2. Choose Groups and the number and size of your tables.
  3. List anyone who needs to sit near the front (hearing, vision, focus) and any pairs to keep apart.
  4. Make the chart, adjust by dragging, then print the student view for the door and the teacher view for you.

Tips

  • Color the table labels to match your table caddies: the chart already gives every table its own color on screen.
  • Re-seat after each grading period, locking the students whose seats are part of a support plan.
  • Tape the student view at child height next to the door on the first day.

Elementary seating chart: questions

How are front-row students handled?

They are only ever placed in front seats (for groups, the tables in the row nearest the board). If there are more of them than front seats, SeatSheet says so.

Can I use photos instead of names?

Not yet. Photos are planned for Pro and stay on the device; the free version prints names.

Group seating chart 24 students · Groups · 24 seats Lab tables seating chart 24 students · Groups · 24 seats Pairs seating chart 22 students · Pairs · 24 seats

See all 8 layouts → or start from your own class.

Pro · planned, not built yet

Planned: SeatSheet Pro for teachers with five periods a day

None of these work today. Everything above this section is free and works now. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you once if and when Pro launches.

Planned

Saved classes

Will keep several classes on this device so you reopen Period 3 in one tap instead of pasting the list again.

Planned

Class periods

Will share one room layout across all your periods, each with its own list, locks and rules.

Planned

Seat rotation

Will remember past charts and reshuffle so students sit with new neighbours each time.

Planned

Student photos

Will put a photo on each seat for subs, stored on this device only.

Planned

Bigger classes

Will seat up to 60 students and draw custom room layouts.

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