St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Manapadu
| School Name | St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Manapadu |
| Address | Manapadu, Manapad, Udangudi, Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Manapadu |
| City | Thoothukudi |
| District | Thoothukudi |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 628209 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Udangudi |
St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Manapadu is located in Manapadu, Manapad, Udangudi, Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1941, the 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. The school is situated in Tiruchendur assembly constituency. This school comes under Thoothukkudi parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is Tamil in the school.
| Class VI to VIII | 110 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 378 Students |
| Total Students | 488 Students |
| Total Teachers | 23 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 21:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 26:1 |
The institution has enrolled around five hundred students and has 23 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 21 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Ten teachers are Male and remaining thirteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification five teachers are Below Graduate, six are Graduate and rest twelve are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 26:1, means on an average twenty six students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 110 students in class VI to VIII and 378 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total nineteen clasrooms and four other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has two desktops, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are twenty four boys toilets and ten girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.