The First-Ever Benchmark for How US K-12 Schools Schedule
See how your schedule compares with peer schools
The State of Scheduling and Benchmarking Report is the first study of master scheduling across independent schools in America. Using data from schools across 18 states and territories, the report benchmarks nine key metrics to show where your school stands and what’s worth improving.
Highlights From the Report
Each highlight shows where the median school in our sample lands. Every number comes from real schedules built by independent schools. The full report covers nine metrics from singleton share and section balance to teaching load and room utilization.
Section sizes cluster around 8 to 14 students at most schools.
Schools use just over three-fifths of available room capacity.
Median request fulfillment, with the top schools crossing 99%.
Multi-section courses are balanced.
Across 3 course preparations on average.
Schools rely on a single person to manage scheduling.
What's Inside the Report
Foreword
Hear from Trey Education on why schools need a better way to evaluate their schedules.
Methodology
Understand the report sample, the metrics we measured, and how to read the benchmarks.
Key Findings & Metrics
Nine metrics show what the data says about the state of school scheduling.
From the Field
Real scheduling examples and school perspectives reveal what the numbers look like in practice.
Questions for Leadership
Questions for every metric help your team find what’s holding your schedule back.
4 in 5 schools still rely on a manual scheduling process.
This is one of nine metrics in the report. Each shows how schools compare, with breakdowns by school size, real examples, and questions leaders should ask about their school's schedule.
“There is no shared definition of a strong schedule and no metrics by which to measure success. This report begins to give schools a shared vocabulary and a clearer frame of reference.”
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- The full State of Scheduling and Benchmarking Report (2027 edition)
- All nine metrics, showing where every school landed
- Breakdowns by school size, so you can find schools like yours
- Questions for leadership and real examples from schools