Classroom seating chart maker

Paste your class list, lay the desks out the way your room really is, and let the classroom seating chart generator fill them. Keep the pairs that cannot sit together apart, every single time.

Make a classroom seating chart Open a 30-desk template

Build it here, on this page

Opens the Classroom for 30, single desks layout in the editor. Nothing is downloaded until you press the button.

Free, and no account needed.

Your room, not a generic grid

Rows facing the board, desks in pairs, a U shape for discussion, groups of four for project work. Most teachers use more than one of these across a year, and the furniture rarely sits in a tidy rectangle.

Drag desks until the plan matches the room, including the odd desk by the door and the gap where the projector cart lives. Each desk seats one or two, and the row number is what makes the front row rule mean something.

Rows, pairs, U shape and clusters
One or two seats per desk
Row numbers counted from the board, so front means front

The constraints you already carry in your head

Two students who set each other off. One who needs to be near the board. A pair who work well together and should stay that way. A student who should not sit next to the door.

Write each one down once as a rule. From then on, every reassignment respects it. That is the difference between a chart you can regenerate in October and one you rebuild from memory.

Keep apart, for the pairs that cost you half the lesson
Keep together, for partners who actually work
Front rows, for the students who need to see, hear or be seen

Reassign when the class changes, which is often

New student in week three, two who moved out, a term change and a fresh arrangement because the old one went stale. Each of those is one paste and one button here, not an evening.

If you want a chart nobody can argue with, use the random assignment. It is easier to defend a shuffle than a plan you wrote by hand, and the rules still hold underneath it.

Print it, and hand it to a substitute

The main reason a classroom chart exists on paper is the person covering your lesson. Export the plan, leave it on the desk, and a substitute can call every student by name from the first minute.

The free export carries a watermark. A teacher subscription removes it, saves your charts to the cloud so every class you teach is in one place, and keeps them across devices. It costs 3.99 USD a month or 29.99 USD a year.

One chart per class, kept all year

With an account, each class is its own saved chart. Open last term's plan, shuffle it, print it, and you are done before the bell. Without an account the chart lives in your browser only, which is fine for a one-off but not for a teaching year.

Questions people ask

How often should I change a classroom seating chart?

Every four to six weeks is a common rhythm. It is long enough for a routine to settle and short enough that a bad pairing does not last a term.

Can I stop two students from sitting next to each other?

Yes. Add a keep apart rule for the pair and no assignment will seat them together. If your room is too small for the rule to hold, you are told rather than left to discover it.

Can I put specific students in the front row?

Yes. Mark them for the front rows and the assignment places them there, whatever else changes.

Do I need a seating chart for every class I teach?

Yes, one per class. Each class has its own list and its own constraints. A subscription keeps all of them saved together.

Is it free for teachers?

Free up to the finished chart. Building, editing and assigning cost nothing. The teacher subscription is 3.99 USD a month or 29.99 USD a year, and covers cloud saving, watermark-free printing and sharing.

Can students see the chart?

Only if you share the link. It shows a student their own seat when they search their name. You can also just print it and put it on the wall.