Prior to 1994
Code Reference Uniform Building Code Section 805
| Grade/Staff | Male |
Female |
|---|---|---|
Kindergarten |
No reference |
No reference |
Elementary |
1
urinal per 30 |
1 toilet per 35 |
Secondary |
1
urinal per 30 |
1 toilet per 45 |
Staff |
No reference |
No reference |
2010 California Plumbing Code
Table 4-1
Male
| Grade/Staff | Water Closets |
Lavatories (Fixtures per person) |
Drinking Fountains (Fixtures per person) 3, 13, 18 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten
|
1
toilet serves 1-20 |
|
1 serves 1-25 2 serves 26-50 Over 50, add 1 fixture for each additional 50 persons |
1 per 150 (12) |
| Elementary |
1 toilet per 30 |
1 per 75 |
1 per 35 | 1 per 150 (12) |
| Secondary |
1 toilet per 40 |
1 per 35 |
1 per 40 | 1 per 150 (12) |
| Staff |
1
toilet serves 1-15 |
1 per 50 |
1 per 40 |
Female
| Grade/Staff | Water Closets |
Lavatories (Fixtures per person) |
Drinking Fountains (Fixtures per person) 3, 13, 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten |
1 toilet serves 1-20 |
1 serves 1-25 2 serves 26-50 Over 50, add 1 fixture for each additional 50 persons |
1 per 150 (12) |
| Elementary |
1 toilet per 25 |
1 per 35 | 1 per 150 (12) |
| Secondary |
1 toilet per 30 |
1 per 40 | 1 per 150 (12) |
| Staff |
1 toilet serves 1-15 |
1 per 40 |
Footnotes
3. Drinking fountains shall not be installed in toilet rooms.
5. For each urinal added in excess of the minimum required, one water closet may be deducted. The number of water closets shall not be reduced to less than two-thirds (2/3) of the minimum requirement.
10. General. In applying this schedule of facilities, consideration shall be given to the accessibility of the fixtures. conformity purely on a numerical basis may not result in an installation suited to the needs of the individual establishment. For example, schools should be provided with toilet facilities on each floor having classrooms.
- Surrounding materials, wall and floor space to a point two feet in front of urinal lip and four feet above the floor, and at least two feet to each side of the urinal shall be lined with non-absorbent materials.
- Trough urinals shall be prohibited.
12. Where food is consumed indoors, water stations may be substituted for drinking fountains. Offices or public buildings for use by more than six persons shall have one drinking fountain for the first 150 persons and one additional fountain for each 300 persons thereafter.
13. There shall be a minimum of one drinking fountain per occupied floor in schools, theaters, auditoriums, dormitories, offices, or public buildings.
14. The total number of water closets for females shall be at least equal to the total number of water closets and urinals required for males. This requirement shall not apply to retail or wholesale stores.
18. A drinking fountain shall be be required in occupancies of 30 or less. When a drinking fountain is not required, then footnotes 3, 12, and 13 are not applicable.
Note
Please be aware these are minimum requirements; more fixtures or toilet rooms may be required to adequately serve students and staff in some facility layouts.
Toilets are to be provided based on the population of each gender at each school site. As new facilities (with additional students and staff) are added, including portables, additional toilet facilities should be added to meet building code requirements.
