Govt. Middle School Pilavilai
| School Name | Govt. Middle School Pilavilai |
| Address | Valvachakostam, Melavilai, Maruthoorkurichy, Thuckalay, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Valvachakostam |
| City | Nagercoil |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 629158 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Thuckalay |
Govt. Middle School Pilavilai is located in Valvachakostam, Melavilai, Maruthoorkurichy, Thuckalay, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu. Established 76 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. It comes under Colachel assembly constituency. This school comes under Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is Tamil in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class I to V | 30 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 20 Students |
| Total Students | 50 Students |
| Total Teachers | 3 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 17:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 5:1 |
The institution has enrolled around one hundred students and has 3 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 17 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. All of the teachers are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate and rest two are Post Graduate. None of the 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 30 students in class I to V and 20 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total ten clasrooms. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are three boys toilets, two girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.