What is the name of the school where SpongeBob takes boating lessons?

The school where SpongeBob takes boating lessons is Mrs. Puff’s Boating School. It is Bikini Bottom’s underwater driving school, where students operate boats as if they were cars.

Mrs. Puff owns and teaches at the school, and SpongeBob is her most dedicated student. He usually knows the answers on written and oral tests, but panics during practical driving exams. His nervousness leads to spectacular crashes, destruction, and repeated failures to earn a permanent boat-driving license.

The school was created as a clever solution during the series’ development. Nickelodeon wanted SpongeBob to attend school, but creator Stephen Hillenburg wanted him to remain an adult. Hillenburg compromised by making SpongeBob a grown-up taking driving lessons from Mrs. Puff. The character and her school thus preserved both ideas.

The school is commonly confused with a conventional elementary school because SpongeBob attends classes there. It is specifically a boating or driver-training facility, and its distinctive building includes a lighthouse and a driving course.