There may be a charge from Google to store large amounts of data.
Create a personal account
If you haven't already, create a Google Account. Your new email address will be your username@gmail.com.
Prepare your files
To transfer copies of content that other people shared with you, make a copy of each shared file you want to transfer. Learn how to find files shared with you in Drive.
Start the copy process
On your school account, go to Transfer your content.
Enter the email address of the Google Account where you want to copy your content.
Select Get code.
On your Google Account, check your Gmail inbox for a confirmation email from Google. In the email, select Get confirmation code. A new tab will open with a code.
On your school account, go back to the "Transfer your content" page. Enter the code, then choose Verify.
Choose the content you'd like to copy, then select Start transfer.
Details about the copy process
The copy process usually happens within a few hours, but it can take up to a week.
Copied files might appear in batches on your Google Account during the copy process.
Find your copied files
To find the files you've copied, sign in to Gmail or Google Drive with your Google Account.
Gmail: Copied content will have a label with your school account name and the date you started the copy process.
Drive: Copied content will be in a folder labeled with your school account name and the date you started the copy process.
When your files are finished copying, you'll get an email at your Gmail address.
What changes on copied files
There are a few important changes that happen on files copied from Google Drive:
You automatically become the file owner of all copied files. (The owners of the original files remain the same.)
Copied files aren't shared with others. (You can always choose to share them.)
Comments are copied, but revision history isn't.
You can download the content by visiting https://takeout.google.com/ if the transfer process doesn't work for you!