Govt. Upper Primary School Balka
| School Name | Govt. Upper Primary School Balka |
| Address | Balka, Balka(Talasahi), Gaddeulia, Betnoti, Baripada, Odisha |
| Location | Balka |
| City | Baripada |
| District | Mayurbhanj |
| State | Odisha |
| Pincode | 757082 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Betnoti |
Govt. Upper Primary School Balka is located in Balka, Balka(Talasahi), Gaddeulia, Betnoti, Baripada, Odisha. Established 67 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 is located in 32-Badasahi(Sc) assembly constituency. This school comes under Balasore parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is Odia in the school.
| Class I to V | 110 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 75 Students |
| Total Students | 185 Students |
| Total Teachers | 9 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 21:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 31:1 |
This school has strength of around two hundred students and has 9 teachers to teach them, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 21 students per teacher. Eight teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. Two teachers are Male and remaining seven are Female. In terms of Academic qualification six teachers are Below Graduate and rest three are Graduate. None of the teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 31:1, means on an average thirty one students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 110 students in class I to V and 75 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has hedges as boundary. The school has total six clasrooms and one other room. There is library for students. There are three boys toilets, three girls toilets and three cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.