This article has a review character and represents an attempt of summary and systematization of so far gathered knowledge on a subject of phenomenon of school climate. In the following parts of this text there was made a distinction of definitional school climate and as well as notions connected with it. There were also shown elements consisting of school climate as well as its determinants, and the current typologies of school climate, too. First of all, the attention was paid to, in contrast to a quality notion or school culture, which presents objective features of school institutions, the school climate is associated with individual processes of perceiving, receiving and interpreting the reality.