A class president is usually the leader of a student body class, and presides over its class cabinet or organization within a student council, in a grade school class presidents are generally elected by the class, a constituency composed of all students in a grade level.
The practice of electing a class president is found in most US schools, but is not prevalent in other parts of the world.
Class presidents are different from the student body president in that they represent only a specific class of students, rather than the entire student body. Student-body presidents generally lead and represent the whole of the student body, and both positions are commonly confused with each other. Research has shown that young women are less likely to serve as class presidents than male students in co-ed learning environments.
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