Ponniah Hr. Secondary School, Hirudayapuram
| School Name | Ponniah Hr. Secondary School, Hirudayapuram |
| Address | Ward No:22, Palakarai, Trichy-West, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Ward No:22 |
| City | Tiruchirappalli |
| District | Tiruchirappalli |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 620001 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Trichy-West |
Ponniah Hr. Secondary School, Hirudayapuram is located in Ward No:22, Palakarai, Trichy-West, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu. Established 92 years ago, this school is a Co-educational and is located in Urban area. This is a Higher Secondary school and is currently operational. It's affiliated with State Board for class-X & class-XII exams. The school is managed by Government Aided. This school falls under Tiruchirappalli (East) assembly constituency. This school is situated in Tiruchirappalli parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is English in the school but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 474 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 899 Students |
| Total Students | 1373 Students |
| Total Teachers | 33 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 42:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 34:1 |
The institution has strength of around one thousand four hundred students and has recruited total 33 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 42 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. 23 teachers are Male and remaining ten are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate, eight are Graduate and rest 23 are Post Graduate. Eleven teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 34:1, means on an average thirty four students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 474 students in class VI to VIII and 899 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total forty clasrooms and six other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has twenty desktops, two webcams and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are thirty boys toilets and ten girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.