Government Higher Secondary School Ethappatu
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School Ethappatu |
| Address | Yathappatu(H), Yathappatu, Melmalayanur, Viluppuram, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Yathappatu |
| City | Viluppuram |
| District | Villupuram |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 604201 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Melmalayanur |
Government Higher Secondary School Ethappatu is located in Yathappatu(H), Yathappatu, Melmalayanur, Viluppuram, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1950. The school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Higher Secondary school and is currently operational. It's affiliated with State Board for class-X & class-XII exams. The school is managed by Department of Education. It comes under Gingee assembly constituency. This school is situated in Arani parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school.
| Class VI to VIII | 97 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 135 Students |
| Total Students | 232 Students |
| Total Teachers | 13 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 18:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 39:1 |
The institution has enrolled around three hundred students and has 13 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 18 students per teacher. Eleven teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest two are appointed on Part-time basis. Nine teachers are Male and remaining four are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Graduate and rest twelve are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 39:1, means on an average thirty nine students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 97 students in class VI to VIII and 135 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total six clasrooms and three other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has four laptops, twenty desktops, one scanner, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are two boys toilets, two girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.