Govt Higher Secondary School Poovathoor
| School Name | Govt Higher Secondary School Poovathoor |
| Address | Vattappara, Venkodu, Nedumangadu, Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Location | Vattappara |
| City | Thiruvananthapuram |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| State | Kerala |
| Pincode | 695561 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Nedumangadu |
Govt Higher Secondary School Poovathoor is located in Vattappara, Venkodu, Nedumangadu, Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Established in year 1958, the school is a Co-educational and is located in Urban 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. The school comes under Nedumangad municipality. This school falls under Nedumangadu assembly constituency. The language used to teach students is Malyalam but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class I to V | 50 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 208 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 357 Students |
| Total Students | 615 Students |
| Total Teachers | 29 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 21:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 38:1 |
This institution has strength of around seven hundred students and has 29 teachers to teach them. The school has student-teacher ratio of 21 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Four teachers are Male and remaining 25 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification five teachers are Graduate and rest 24 are Post Graduate. 29 teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 38:1, means on an average thirty eight students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 50 students in class I to V, 208 students in class VI to VIII and 357 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 sixteen clasrooms and eight other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has eighteen laptops, six desktops, two scanners, two printers and one webcam in its premises. There is both reading corner and library for students. There are two boys toilets and five girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.