Govt. Higher Primary School Chool Balagunda
| School Name | Govt. Higher Primary School Chool Balagunda |
| Address | Balagunda, Balgund, Belur, Somavarpet, Madikeri, Karnataka |
| Location | Balagunda |
| City | Madikeri |
| District | Kodagu |
| State | Karnataka |
| Pincode | 571236 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Somavarpet |
Govt. Higher Primary School Chool Balagunda is located in Balagunda, Balgund, Belur, Somavarpet, Madikeri, Karnataka. Established 63 years ago, this school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Upper Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Department of Education. The school is situated in Madikeri assembly constituency. The medium of instructions is Kannada in the school.
| Class I to V | 28 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 19 Students |
| Total Students | 47 Students |
| Total Teachers | 6 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 8:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 5:1 |
This school has strength of around one hundred students and has 6 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 8 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. One teacher is Male and remaining five are Female. In terms of Academic qualification three teachers are Below Graduate, two are Graduate and rest one is Post Graduate. Three teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 5:1, means on an average five students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 28 students in class I to V and 19 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has partial boundary walls. The school has total nine clasrooms and four other rooms. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are six boys toilets, three girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.