Municipal Primary School Poonthottam
| School Name | Municipal Primary School Poonthottam |
| Address | Virddhachalam, Ward 18, Virudhachalam, Cuddalore, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Virddhachalam |
| City | Cuddalore |
| District | Cuddalore |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 606001 |
| Category | Primary School |
| Block | Virudhachalam |
Municipal Primary School Poonthottam is located in Virddhachalam, Ward 18, Virudhachalam, Cuddalore, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1963. The school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Local body. The school comes under Virudhachalam municipality. It is located in Vriddhachalam assembly constituency. This school comes under Cuddalore parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is Tamil in the school.
| Class I to V | 37 Students |
| Total Students | 37 Students |
| Total Teachers | 3 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 12:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 9:1 |
The institution has around one hundred students studying being taught by around 3 teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 12 students per teacher. Two teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. All of the teachers are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Graduate and rest two are Post Graduate. Two teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 9:1, means on an average nine students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 37 students in class I to V.
The school is a Govt. school in a rent free building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total four clasrooms and one other room. The school has one laptop in its premises. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are one boys toilet and one girls toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.