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High school seating chart

Thirty-four students, six rows of six, and three pairs who cannot sit together: a typical period, seated in one click. The maker is loaded with this room: paste your own class, shuffle, then print.

34 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

36 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.

Front of room Teacher's desk

34 students in 36 seats · 2 empty · all 4 rules kept

How to set it up

High school classes are big and change every semester, and five periods a day means five charts. SeatSheet keeps each one quick: paste the roster export (a "Last, First" list is flipped to first names first, ID numbers are dropped), pick rows and press Shuffle. Keep-apart pairs are never placed beside, in front of or behind each other, and the front-row list goes to the first row. Locked seats stay exactly where you put them.

  1. Paste the roster straight from your gradebook or a spreadsheet.
  2. Choose Rows and set rows and desks per row (up to 10 by 10).
  3. Add keep-apart pairs, one pair per line, and anyone who needs the front.
  4. Make the chart, print it, and save a seat list for your attendance app.

Tips

  • Seat new students at the end of a row near the door; lock them there and Shuffle the rest after a week.
  • For tests, use the "Spread out" empty-seat option with a room bigger than the class to leave gaps.
  • Project the student view on the first day and let students find their seats.

High school seating chart: questions

How many students can I seat for free?

Up to 40 per chart, in rooms of up to 100 desks. Bigger classes are planned for Pro.

What counts as sitting next to someone?

In rows: the desks directly beside, in front and behind. Diagonals are not counted, so a keep-apart pair can end up on a diagonal.

Random seat generator 28 students · Rows · 30 seats Substitute teacher seating chart 25 students · Rows · 25 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.

Pro waitlist

Get first in line for SeatSheet Pro

Pro is planned, not built yet: saved classes, several class periods, seat rotation so students get new neighbours, student photos and bigger classes. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you once if and when it launches. Waitlist members get Pro for $12 lifetime if it does. No newsletter, never shared or sold.