St.Joseph Higher Secondary School Punnaikayal
| School Name | St.Joseph Higher Secondary School Punnaikayal |
| Address | Punaikayal, Punnaikayal, Alwarthirunagar, Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Punaikayal |
| City | Thoothukudi |
| District | Thoothukudi |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 628151 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Alwarthirunagar |
St.Joseph Higher Secondary School Punnaikayal is located in Punaikayal, Punnaikayal, Alwarthirunagar, Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1981, 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. This school falls under Tiruchendur assembly constituency. The school falls under Thoothukkudi parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is Tamil in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 171 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 360 Students |
| Total Students | 531 Students |
| Total Teachers | 11 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 48:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 31:1 |
This school teaches around six hundred students who are taught by 11 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 48 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Four teachers are Male and remaining seven are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate, three are Graduate and rest six are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 31:1, means on an average thirty one students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 171 students in class VI to VIII and 360 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total seventeen clasrooms and five other rooms. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are five boys toilets and fifteen girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.