Podapada Upper Primary School
| School Name | Podapada Upper Primary School |
| Address | Porapara, Porapada, Ratanga, Phiringia, Phulbani, Odisha |
| Location | Porapara |
| City | Phulbani |
| District | Kandhamal |
| State | Odisha |
| Pincode | 762011 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Phiringia |
Podapada Upper Primary School is located in Porapara, Porapada, Ratanga, Phiringia, Phulbani, Odisha. Established 50 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. This school falls under 84-Phulbani(St) assembly constituency. This school comes under Kandhamal parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is Odia.
| Class I to V | 37 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 18 Students |
| Total Students | 55 Students |
| Total Teachers | 5 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 11:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 11:1 |
This institution has around one hundred students studying and has recruited total 5 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 11 students per teacher. Four teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. Two teachers are Male and remaining three are Female. In terms of Academic qualification three teachers are Below Graduate and rest two are Graduate. None of the teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 11:1, means on an average eleven students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 37 students in class I to V and 18 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total five clasrooms. There is library for students. There are two boys toilets, two girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.