Bakthavatchalam (Aided) High School, Athur
| School Name | Bakthavatchalam (Aided) High School, Athur |
| Address | Athur, Kattankolathur, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Athur |
| City | Chengalpattu |
| District | Chengalpattu |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 603101 |
| Category | Secondary School |
| Block | Kattankolathur |
Bakthavatchalam (Aided) High School, Athur is located in Athur, Kattankolathur, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu and was established 64 years ago. This school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Secondary school and is currently operational. It's affiliated with State Board for class-X exams. The school is managed by Government Aided. It comes under Thiruporur assembly constituency. This school comes under Kancheepuram (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is Tamil in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 49 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 66 Students |
| Total Students | 115 Students |
| Total Teachers | 7 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 16:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 16:1 |
The school has strength of around two hundred students and has 7 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 16 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Two teachers are Male and remaining five are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Graduate and rest five are Post Graduate. None of the teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 16:1, means on an average sixteen students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 49 students in class VI to VIII and 66 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total seven clasrooms and five other rooms. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are four boys toilets and four girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.