Schools are institutions designed and used specifically as educational and learning environments. Facilitating the interaction of teachers with groups of students, schools are commonly made up of dedicated classrooms based on age groups and/or course topics that are served by secondary rooms for administration, circulation, and gathering.

Schools are typically specialized based on various levels of education ranging from primary schools for children, to secondary schools for teenagers, and higher education schools such as colleges and universities for young adults and adults. The following set of guides, layouts, and related elements have been compiled to better illustrate the variety of considerations related to the design of schools.