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# The global structure of classroom social networks predicts academic and psycho-social adjustment

## Details

**Authors** Neuendorf et al.

**Year** 2026

**Publisher** PNAS Nexus

**Discipline** Network Science

**Secondary disciplines** Education, Psychology

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag291) 
10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag291

## In authors' words

### What they found (results)

Across 35,038 students in 1,433 classrooms, whole-classroom network structure (314 metrics spanning friendship, rejection, help, and break-time ties) predicted classroom well-being (up to 18% of variance) and academic achievement beyond demographics and SES, with predictive power specific to network type.

## Commentary

### In short

The classroom as an aggregated whole carries predictive information absent from any individual student's data, and distinct relationship types prove non-interchangeable in what they explain.

**Patterns it shows** S, R

**Added** 2026-08-28

**How to cite this** Neuendorf et al. (2026). The global structure of classroom social networks predicts academic and psycho-social adjustment. PNAS Nexus.