School dreams are more related to unnamed people, more related to strangers, and much more related to peers than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.

Dreams of schools are more related to sadness, more related to embarrassment, and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to pain.

Dreams of schools are much more related to human-made places than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.

Dreams of schools are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to disasters.

Dreams of schools are more related to recurring dreams and more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to bad dreams.

Dreams of schools are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience schools in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about schools in dreams. See how you feel about schools now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. A school setting in a dream has a wide variety of possibilities for symbolism. The most obvious are related to learning and knowledge, but school symbolism extends much further to include topics such as authority, success and failure, social life, and preparation for adult life and career. Begin by noting whether the school is familiar or generic. A familiar school is more likely to represent something about that time of life or what you experienced there. If you’re in school it’s likely to be a frequent setting of your dreams. A generic school is more likely to relate to the general idea of school, authority, or learning. See: Campuses Think expansively about what you learn. You can learn about yourself, another person, your limits, lessons in life, and new skills. Life is a continual process of taking in new information and experiences and learning. School challenges you in a wide variety of ways. It’s not just about learning. It establishes patterns and perceptions—good and bad—that can last a lifetime. For example, a woman who was mercilessly bullied in high school dreams about being trapped by her tormentors in a bathroom stall at school and forced to perform oral sex. See: Revenge If you are out of school, dreaming you are in a school you once attended can reference that time of your life. Some people think nostalgically about their school days—the “glory days.” Dreams about school days can be a nostalgic wish for a return to that time, though usually a dream has a larger purpose than just reminiscence. These dreams are a frequent theme in the lives of adults who wish they could go back and do things over, or whose adult lives lack fun and freedom. For example, see: Teacher. Some people peak at a young age and can search for the rest of their lives to get back that magic. Think about what you experienced during that time of your life, the decisions you made, your living conditions, the major events, as well as daily life, and especially the kind of person you were and what you wanted to be when you grew up. Compare and contrast with your life now to help lead you to the meaning of a dream about school. Dreaming about being in a classroom can mean you are learning, either directly, such as when studying a subject, or indirectly, such as when learning about life or learning a new skill. See: Students Extend the idea further to consider your experiences in, and impressions of, classrooms. If you were a kid who had difficulty staying focused, and sitting still in a classroom was torturous, compare that time with your life now. Is it torture sitting at a work desk all day, or enduring another meeting? Do you text-message all day, like passing notes in class? What’s the connection with your life now? See also: Books, Campuses, Children, Colleges, Computers, Desks, Libraries, Lockers, Principals, Prom, Students, Teacher, Teenagers, Tests, Universities