Educational Occupancies minimum number of people?

• A. 4
• B. 6
• C. 2
• D. 12

Answer: (B)

Educational spaces are categorized by a attendance threshold. When six or more people are present in a room where instruction occurs, that space is classified as an Educational occupancy. That classification matters because it changes the safety requirements applied to the space—how many exits are needed, how far people can travel to those exits, and what fire safety protections (like alarms or sprinklers) must be provided according to the code. If the room has fewer than six occupants, it typically doesn’t trigger Group E rules and may fall under a different occupancy category with lighter requirements. So the minimum threshold that moves a space into Educational occupancy for code purposes is six, which is why that option is the correct one.