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I remember this extremely well, because I am indeed old enough to remember these things!
School computer lab memories:
School #1: c. 1989-1991 - Apple IIGSes with ImageWriter printers and a shared 5.25" disk box that the instructor could use to load software onto multiple machines.
The school also had a bunch of Commodore 64s that had recently been replaced by the IIGS machines. There were also a few Apple IIc machines (thought they were neat at the time, and still do!)
My sixth grade teacher was an amateur coder and taught me a bit of Pascal.
School #2:
c.1991-1993 - Apple IIe machines. Had a first experience using a Mac SE and a Mac Classic, which I thought was amazing.
School #3:
c. 1994-1997
Mac Classics in a line in the library, A lab filled with Macintosh LC3s, and another lab with PCs running earlyish versions of Windows and DOS, networked with Netware IPX. I was old enough at this point to be a student network admin.
The school also had some lingering Mac SE/30s, and a store room filled with TRS-80s, which I unsuccessfully tried to get my computer teacher to give me. However, the librarian gave me an original IBM 8086 and a monitor, so I took it home and learnt assembly.
Love the overhead projector in the corner of the lab shown. They were ubiquitous!
We had 2 apple II (e)? In our math/science 4th grade class. If we had free time we got to play Oregon Trail. There was a game with a turtle that you could draw lines with. I think it was to help with introductory geometry x,y graphing.