Searches for classroom seating arrangements for 30 students (and printable / PDF variants) usually land on templates. Templates are fine until you need to reshuffle mid-week with keep-apart rules.
Quick desk math for 30
5×6 rows or mixed pods (seven-ish groups). Horseshoe needs enough arc width; otherwise use U with shorter arms. Suggested starter grid in the maker: 5×6 (adjust to your actual furniture).
- Rows: predictable traffic lanes; good for tests and talkative classes if you lock a front row.
- Pods (2×2): collaboration-friendly; seed groups carefully for chatty students.
- U-shape / horseshoe: discussion-heavy lessons; see our U-shaped and horseshoe guides.
The iframe above opens the same free maker with a 30-student sample already loaded. Replace names with your roster (paste or CSV), set rules, shuffle, drag, Print → Save as PDF.
Printable PDF without another template site
Skip downloading a blank Google Sheets grid: generate the chart in-browser and print only the board. Roster data never uploads.