Govt. Senior Secondary School Paunta
| School Name | Govt. Senior Secondary School Paunta |
| Address | Lower Barot, Paunta, Gopalpur-2, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh |
| Location | Lower Barot |
| City | Mandi |
| District | Mandi |
| State | Himachal Pradesh |
| Pincode | 175024 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Gopalpur-2 |
Govt. Senior Secondary School Paunta is located in Lower Barot, Paunta, Gopalpur-2, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Established in year 1956, the school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural 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. This school falls under Sarkaghat assembly constituency. The first mode of communication is Hindi in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 132 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 268 Students |
| Total Students | 400 Students |
| Total Teachers | 32 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 13:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 24:1 |
This institution has around five hundred students studying and has 32 teachers to teach them. The student-teacher ratio is 13 students per teacher. 24 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest eight are appointed on Contract basis. Twenty teachers are Male and remaining twelve are Female. In terms of Academic qualification three teachers are Below Graduate, five are Graduate and rest 24 are Post Graduate. Nine 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 132 students in class VI to VIII and 268 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 seventeen clasrooms and eight other rooms. The school has both internet facility and DTH facility for students. The school has nine desktops, two scanners, three printers, two LEDs, three digiboards, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is both reading corner and library for students. There are one boys toilet, one girls toilet and twelve cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.