Govt. Upper Primary School Padinjattinkara
| School Name | Govt. Upper Primary School Padinjattinkara |
| Address | Chenthara, Kottarakara, Thazhava, Kollam, Kerala |
| Location | Kottarakara |
| City | Kollam |
| District | Kollam |
| State | Kerala |
| Pincode | 691506 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Kottarakara |
Govt. Upper Primary School Padinjattinkara is located in Chenthara, Kottarakara, Thazhava, Kollam, Kerala and was established 61 years ago. This school is a Co-educational and is located in Urban area. This is a Upper Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Department of Education. The school comes under Kottarakara municipality. It comes under Kottarakara assembly constituency. The first mode of communication is Malyalam in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Pre Primary | 39 Kids |
| Class I to V | 117 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 65 Students |
| Total Students | 221 Students |
| Total Teachers | 12 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 18:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 22:1 |
This school has enrolled around three hundred students being taught by around 12 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 18 students per teacher. Eleven teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. Two teachers are Male and remaining ten are Female. In terms of Academic qualification six teachers are Below Graduate, three are Graduate and rest three are Post Graduate. Nine teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 22:1, means on an average twenty two students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 39 kids in pre primary, 117 students in class I to V and 65 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has partial boundary walls. The school has total ten clasrooms and ten other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has eight laptops in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are four boys toilets, two girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.