Govt. Upper Primary School Pothencode
| School Name | Govt. Upper Primary School Pothencode |
| Address | Keezh-Thonnakkal, Pothencode, Kaniyapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Location | Keezh-Thonnakkal |
| City | Thiruvananthapuram |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| State | Kerala |
| Pincode | 695584 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Kaniyapuram |
Govt. Upper Primary School Pothencode is located in Keezh-Thonnakkal, Pothencode, Kaniyapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and was established in year 1909. The 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. This school falls under Nedumangadu assembly constituency. The first mode of communication is Malyalam in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Pre Primary | 118 Kids |
| Class I to V | 626 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 335 Students |
| Total Students | 1079 Students |
| Total Teachers | 34 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 32:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 29:1 |
This school has around one thousand one hundred students studying and has 34 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 32 students per teacher. 33 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest one is appointed on Part-time basis. Six teachers are Male and remaining 28 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification twelve teachers are Below Graduate, thirteen are Graduate and rest nine are Post Graduate. Three teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 29:1, means on an average twenty nine students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 118 kids in pre primary, 626 students in class I to V and 335 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total thirty seven clasrooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has twenty laptops, two desktops, two tablets and one LED in its premises. There is both reading corner and library for students. There are six boys toilets, six girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.