Community psychology is a combination of sociology and clinical psychology of the new cross subject，focus on the relation between individual，community and society.Through mutual cooperation and common action research devoted to understanding and improving the quality of individual，community and social life.Community psychology is closely related to the life of every member of the community.However，the discipline is still in it's infancy in China.Many concepts，methods are mostly used for reference in the west.The sense of community is the perception of the similarity and interdependence of others，which is the emotion of an individual belonging to a stable structure（Sarason，1974）.Learning and summarizing excellent community psychology articles can help us to further promote the development of this subject in our country.As one of the core concepts of community psychology，sense of community has a pivotal role in this field.This paper focuses on the sense of community in the context of school，and summarizes the concept，measurement，influencing factors and research significance.Sense of community in the school involves psychological conditions that promote students' survival，development，and mutual influence.As a special form of community，school is in the middle position of the community continuum.In the early stage，the main use of the measurement is Sense of Community Index（SCI）based on McMillan and Chavis' four elements of the theoretical model.Rovai et al.（2004）conducted a detailed survey of the sense of community in the context of the school，developed the Classroom Community Scale（CCS）and the Classroom and School Community Inventory（CSCI），then distinguished the classroom community and learning community.In addition，there are some researchers used the Sense of School Belongingness（SSOC）and Classroom Sense of Community Scale（SoC-C）to assess the level of sense of community for school community members.This paper probes into the influence factors of the sense of community in school from two aspects-the individual and the environment.On the one hand，the individual factors include personality traits，extracurricular activities，gender and other demographic variables.On the other hand，environmental factors include school size，school type，social support etc.Sense of community in school plays a key role in students' academic achievement and physical and mental health.Lack of sense of community can lead to many psychological problems.Combined with relevant literature，attention has also been devoted to recommendations of relevant educational institutions regarding how to implement measures and educational programs that cultivate students' sense of community to reduce their psychological and behavioral problems.For future sense of community surveys，researchers should consider whether associated scales are in accordance with subjects in the cultural and historical background and focus on how to develop and construct suitable measure for Chinese characteristics.The innovation of this paper is to summarized the sense of community at home and abroad in recent years，and pays special attention to school.And provided a new idea for school teachers and administrators on how to prevent the mental health of the students and student burnout.