Govt. High School Paithur
| School Name | Govt. High School Paithur |
| Address | Paithur Ist Ward, Paithur, Attur, Salem, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Paithur |
| City | Salem |
| District | Salem |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 636141 |
| Category | Secondary School |
| Block | Attur |
Govt. High School Paithur is located in Paithur Ist Ward, Paithur, Attur, Salem, Tamilnadu and was established 36 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 Department of Education. This school falls under Attur (Sc) assembly constituency. The school is located in Kallakurichi parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is Tamil but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 138 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 98 Students |
| Total Students | 236 Students |
| Total Teachers | 14 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 17:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 26:1 |
The school teaches around three hundred students and has 14 teachers to teach them, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 17 students per teacher. Twelve teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest two are appointed on Part-time basis. Seven teachers are Male and remaining seven are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate, three are Graduate and rest ten are Post Graduate. Two teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 26:1, means on an average twenty six students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 138 students in class VI to VIII and 98 students in class IX to XII.
The school is a Govt. school in a rent free building and it has no boundary walls. The school has total nine clasrooms and three other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has thirteen desktops in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are two boys toilets and four girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.