Govt Boys Higher Secondary School Katpadi
| School Name | Govt Boys Higher Secondary School Katpadi |
| Address | Tharapadavedu, Katpadi Choultry, Katpadi, Vellore, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Tharapadavedu |
| City | Vellore |
| District | Vellore |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 632007 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Katpadi |
Govt Boys Higher Secondary School Katpadi is located in Tharapadavedu, Katpadi Choultry, Katpadi, Vellore, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1946. The school is a Boys 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 is located in Katpadi assembly constituency. The school falls under Arakkonam parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is Tamil in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 200 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 658 Students |
| Total Students | 858 Students |
| Total Teachers | 46 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 19:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 29:1 |
This institution has strength of around nine hundred students and has recruited total 46 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 19 students per teacher. 39 teachers are appointed on Regular basis, six are appointed on Part-time basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. 23 teachers are Male and remaining 23 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate, two are Graduate and rest 42 are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 29:1, means on an average twenty nine students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 200 students in class VI to VIII and 658 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 clasrooms and seven other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has twenty two desktops, one scanner, one LED, two webcams and two generators in its premises. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are twenty five boys toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.