A recent study was performed by James Cook University at an elementary school where 2,230 children where examined. Out of that 2,230 children, 466 children had head lice and occupied 108 classrooms. A total of 14,033 lice were collected from these children with an average of 30.1 lice per infected child. There was at least one child in every classroom that had an active case of head lice. During the study, they took the students out of the classroom to conduct the experiment