A building, or portion of a building, used for educational purposes above the 12th grade is classified as a (n) :

• A. Business occupancy
• B. Educational occupancy
• C. Assembly occupancy
• D. Institutional occupancy

Answer: (A)

The key idea is how occupancy is defined by the primary use of the space. Spaces used for education count as Educational occupancy. Even when education occurs beyond high school, the main activity is instructional—classrooms, labs, libraries, and related academic spaces—so they remain in the Educational category. The category that covers care or supervision of occupants (such as hospitals, nursing homes, detention facilities, or other institutional environments) is Institutional occupancy, which isn’t the typical classification for a college classroom building. A building used for living facilities on a campus, like dormitories, might fall under Institutional occupancy for the residential portion, but the instructional areas themselves stay Educational. So, for education above the 12th grade, the correct classification is Educational occupancy.