Middle School

Elementary – 55-70 square feet per student . Middle – 75-100 square feet per student . High – 86-110 square feet per student .

After analyzing progress in mathematics and reading from 8th to 12th grade for 10,000 students in a federal data base from almost 789 public and private schools of varying size, the two researchers concluded that “the ideal high school” enrolls between 600 and 900 students .

In the United States, the typical public primary school classroom has 23.6 students , more than four more students than the average private primary school classroom (19.4 students).

How big is a typical high school classroom? Elementary – 55-70 square feet per student. Middle – 75-100 square feet per student. High – 86-110 square feet per student .