Government Higher Secondary School, Poottuthakku
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School, Poottuthakku |
| Address | Arappakkam, Arapakkam, Arcot, Ranipet, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Arappakkam |
| City | Ranipet |
| District | Ranipet |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 632517 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Arcot |
Government Higher Secondary School, Poottuthakku is located in Arappakkam, Arapakkam, Arcot, Ranipet, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1961. 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 Ranipet assembly constituency. The school is located in Arakkonam parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is English but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 184 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 469 Students |
| Total Students | 653 Students |
| Total Teachers | 32 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 20:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 20:1 |
The school has strength of around seven hundred students who are taught by 32 teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 20 students per teacher. 28 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest four are appointed on Part-time basis. Fourteen teachers are Male and remaining eighteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification four teachers are Graduate and rest 28 are Post Graduate. Three teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 20:1, means on an average twenty students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 184 students in class VI to VIII and 469 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca but broken boundary walls. The school has total thirty two clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has one laptop, twenty desktops, one scanner, one digiboard, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are four boys toilets, four girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.