Translation for "There are 20 students in my class"

Question

There are 20 students in my class.

I've read the thread on difference between es gibt/es sind, and since this example is a specific situation, it seems the translation should be

Es sind 20 Schüler in meiner Klasse.

Is that a correct translation? What would be some other alternatives?

Answer 1

The most common translation would be

In meiner Klasse sind 20 Schüler.

Or

Bei mir sind 20 Schüler in der Klasse.

Another possibility is

In meiner Klasse hat es 20 Schüler.

One would not use "es gibt" in that case because the sentence is only about the number of students while "es gibt" focusses more if an object exists or not. A more formal version would be "Meine Klasse besteht aus 20 Schülern. " But thats not something one would say in spoken language.

Answer 2

Es sind 20 Schüler in meiner Klasse.

Is a totally fine translation.

In meiner Klasse hat es 20 Schüler

well, this is colloquial in some regions but not standard German... (it would translate back to something like: there in my class have 20 students).