St.James Higher Secondary School, Palakurichy
| School Name | St.James Higher Secondary School, Palakurichy |
| Address | Palakurichy, Marungapuri, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Palakurichy |
| City | Tiruchirappalli |
| District | Tiruchirappalli |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 621308 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Marungapuri |
St.James Higher Secondary School, Palakurichy is located in Palakurichy, Marungapuri, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu. Established 64 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 is located in Manapparai assembly constituency. This school comes under Karur parliamentary constituency. This is primarily English medium school but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 431 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 625 Students |
| Total Students | 1056 Students |
| Total Teachers | 37 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 29:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 41:1 |
This school teaches around one thousand one hundred students who are taught by 37 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 29 students per teacher. 32 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest five are appointed on Contract basis. Thirty teachers are Male and remaining seven are Female. In terms of Academic qualification eight teachers are Graduate and rest 29 are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 41:1, means on an average forty one students sit in a classroom which is good. There are 431 students in class VI to VIII and 625 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total twenty six clasrooms and six other rooms. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are thirty boys toilets and four girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.