St. Joseph Boys Hr. Secondary School, Yercaud
| School Name | St. Joseph Boys Hr. Secondary School, Yercaud |
| Address | Kovil Medu, Yercaud, Salem, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Yercaud |
| City | Salem |
| District | Salem |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 636601 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Yercaud |
St. Joseph Boys Hr. Secondary School, Yercaud is located in Kovil Medu, Yercaud, Salem, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1917. The school is a Boys 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. The school is situated in Yercaud (St) assembly constituency. This school comes under Kallakurichi parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is Tamil but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 339 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 430 Students |
| Total Students | 769 Students |
| Total Teachers | 30 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 26:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 20:1 |
The institution teaches around eight hundred students who are taught by 30 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 26 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Eighteen teachers are Male and remaining twelve are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate, ten are Graduate and rest eighteen are Post Graduate. Eight teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 20:1, means on an average twenty students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 339 students in class VI to VIII and 430 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a rented building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total thirty nine clasrooms and six other rooms. The school has both internet facility and DTH facility for students. The school has one laptop, thirty desktops, twenty five LEDs, one digiboard, eleven webcams and three generators in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are twenty nine boys toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.