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The purpose of this research was to examine the possible impact of the quality of school facilities on the students’ academic performance by exploring the views of teachers in primary schools in the prefecture of Thessaloniki, Greece. For this purpose, a descriptive survey or in other words a statistical quantitative study, was adopted, which as aresearch tool used a questionnaire aimed at revealing the opinion of the participants teachers about the possible impact of the quality of the school facilities on the academic performance of the students. As has been shown both by the case study of the participating teachers and by the literature review, the influence of school facilities on the students’ academic performance is important. In particular, when school facilities are characterized as incomplete in relation to parameters such as acoustics, natural lighting, ventilation, educational equipment, temperature and humidity, which may be observed either individually or especially in combination, then the effect of these facilities may prove negative for student performance