Govt High School, Palavakkam
| School Name | Govt High School, Palavakkam |
| Address | Palavakkam, Ellapuram, Thiruvallur, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Palavakkam |
| City | Thiruvallur |
| District | Thiruvallur |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 602028 |
| Category | Secondary School |
| Block | Ellapuram |
Govt High School, Palavakkam is located in Palavakkam, Ellapuram, Thiruvallur, Tamilnadu. Established 56 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. It comes under Gummidipoondi assembly constituency. This school is situated in Thiruvallur (Sc) parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 155 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 260 Students |
| Total Students | 415 Students |
| Total Teachers | 19 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 22:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 24:1 |
The school teaches around five hundred students and has 19 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 22 students per teacher. Sixteen teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Seven teachers are Male and remaining twelve are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate and rest seventeen are Post Graduate. None of the teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 24:1, means on an average twenty four students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 155 students in class VI to VIII and 260 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total seventeen clasrooms and three other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has one laptop, twelve 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 one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.