Sankara Mangalam Higher Secondary School Kottara
| School Name | Sankara Mangalam Higher Secondary School Kottara |
| Address | Kottara, Pooyappally, Veliyam, Kollam, Kerala |
| Location | Pooyappally |
| City | Kollam |
| District | Kollam |
| State | Kerala |
| Pincode | 691537 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Veliyam |
Sankara Mangalam Higher Secondary School Kottara is located in Kottara, Pooyappally, Veliyam, Kollam, Kerala and was established 70 years ago. This school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural 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. It comes under Chathannoor assembly constituency. The first mode of communication is Malyalam in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class I to V | 96 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 437 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 1097 Students |
| Total Students | 1630 Students |
| Total Teachers | 36 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 45:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 71:1 |
This institution teaches around one thousand seven hundred students who are taught by 36 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 45 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Fifteen teachers are Male and remaining 21 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification 29 teachers are Graduate and rest seven are Post Graduate. Four teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 71:1, means on an average seventy one students sit in a classroom which does not sound comfortable. There are 96 students in class I to V, 437 students in class VI to VIII and 1097 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total twenty three clasrooms and ten other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has ten laptops, ten desktops, three tablets, one scanner, one printer, one LED and one webcam in its premises. There is library for students. There are three boys toilets and ten girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.