St Joseph Higher Secondary School Kovalam
| School Name | St Joseph Higher Secondary School Kovalam |
| Address | Kovalam, Thiruporur, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Kovalam |
| City | Chengalpattu |
| District | Chengalpattu |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 603112 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Thiruporur |
St Joseph Higher Secondary School Kovalam is located in Kovalam, Thiruporur, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu. Established 38 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 Thiruporur assembly constituency. The school is located in Kancheepuram (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is English in the school but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 523 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 787 Students |
| Total Students | 1310 Students |
| Total Teachers | 45 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 29:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 23:1 |
This institution has strength of around one thousand four hundred students and has recruited total 45 teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 29 students per teacher. 43 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest two are appointed on Contract basis. 26 teachers are Male and remaining nineteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate, ten are Graduate and rest 34 are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 23:1, means on an average twenty three students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 523 students in class VI to VIII and 787 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total fifty six clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has two desktops, one digiboard, three webcams and two generators in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are twelve boys toilets and twenty five girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.