The School — Scream And Run's First Map: Keys, Rooms & the Cat
The School is Scream And Run's original map — a dark three-floor building where five keys open one exit while the Cat in the Hat patrols. Every verified mechanic on one page.
The School is where Scream And Run starts: a dark, multi-floor school building that traps up to 50 players for the night while the Cat in the Hat walks the halls. Every series-wide mechanic you know — the laugh warning, the key hunt, the padlock exit, the survive-until-6-AM clock — was born on this map, and it is still the most-played chapter in the game (over a million recorded escapes). Roblox API · 2026-09-22
The School Loop in One Paragraph
Spawn after dark, search the building's rooms for backpacks holding five colored keys — White, Yellow, Green, Pink and Red — deliver each to its matching padlock on the exit door, and reach the exit alive. Keys only spawn inside backpacks, never in the open or in lockers, and their placement re-rolls every single round. Roblox API · 2026-09-11
What Makes the School Its Own Map
- The Cat in the Hat is the school's only hunter — and it is learnable: it patrols a fixed loop, hears movement, sees flashlight beams and gives you exactly one warning (the laugh) before a chase. Full behavior breakdown in the Cat in the Hat guide. Seen in footage · 2026-09-11
- The building has real rooms, not one box. Classrooms, halls and hiding spots are each distinct — the hiding spots guide ranks them, and the clock behind the desk outranks most of them. Seen in footage · 2026-09-11
- Lockers are a trap. Community guides keep recommending them; the verified record says players who hide in lockers get found. The ranking page covers what actually holds. Seen in footage · 2026-09-11
- The exit is one door with five padlocks. Unlike the Pizzeria's fuse-powered exit, the School exit only opens after all five keys are delivered — the door is the score board. Roblox API · 2026-09-11
The School by the Numbers
| Fact | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Recorded escapes | 1,076,510+ | the Escape The Cat In The Hat badge counter — the most-earned escape badge in the game |
| Latest win rate | ~0.05% | the School is the "easy" chapter and still rounds to a fraction of a percent |
| Players per round | up to 50 | the School hosts the game's biggest lobbies |
Modes Available on the School
The School hosts all three of the game's modes: the full Escape hunt described above, Hide And Seek (one player monsters the rest, no keys involved), and Free Roam (explore the building with no hunter at all). New players should run the beginner guide first; the School's key system is documented color by color in the keys guide.