Government Higher Secondary School, Uppathur
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School, Uppathur |
| Address | Uppathur, Sattur, Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Uppathur |
| City | Virudhunagar |
| District | Virudhunagar |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 626205 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Sattur |
Government Higher Secondary School, Uppathur is located in Uppathur, Sattur, Virudhunagar, 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. This school falls under Aruppukkottai assembly constituency. This school comes under Tenkasi (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is Tamil in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 196 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 296 Students |
| Total Students | 492 Students |
| Total Teachers | 25 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 20:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 31:1 |
The school has strength of around five hundred students who are taught by 25 teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 20 students per teacher. 23 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest two are appointed on Part-time basis. Twelve teachers are Male and remaining thirteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Graduate and rest 24 are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 31:1, means on an average thirty one students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 196 students in class VI to VIII and 296 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total sixteen clasrooms and nine other rooms. The school has both internet facility and DTH facility for students. The school has twenty desktops, one scanner and one webcam in its premises. 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.