🪑 Random Seating Chart Generator
On seat-change day, names spin around until the seating chart is complete. Students watch the result together, so everyone knows it was fair.
Try it now →Free classroom seating chart and partner picker
Set rows and columns
Match your classroom with 2–10 rows and 2–10 columns. If there are more seats than students, the empty seats go at the back.
Partner seating
Seats students in pairs of desks with an aisle between each pair.
Avoid last time's seats
Shuffles many times and picks the arrangement where the fewest students end up in the same seat as last time.
Teacher's view
Turn on “Board at the bottom” to flip the seating chart so it matches what you see from the teacher's desk.
Bring back the last chart
Your latest seating chart is saved, so you can show it again any time.
How to use it
- Go to Tools → 🎲 Picker tab and enter student names, one per line.
- In the 🪑 Seats tab, choose rows, columns, and whether to seat partners together.
- Press “Shuffle seats.”
Frequently asked questions
Where are student names stored?
Only in this device's browser. They are never sent anywhere.
Can it split the class into groups too?
Yes. The same name list works for making groups, group role cards, and the random name picker.