St Joseph's Higher Secondary School Thiruthapuram
| School Name | St Joseph's Higher Secondary School Thiruthapuram |
| Address | Vilavancode, Thirithuvapuram, Melpuram, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Vilavancode |
| City | Nagercoil |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 629163 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Melpuram |
St Joseph's Higher Secondary School Thiruthapuram is located in Vilavancode, Thirithuvapuram, Melpuram, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1952, 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. It falls under Kuzhithurai municipality. This school falls under Vilavancode assembly constituency. This school is situated in Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 546 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 1332 Students |
| Total Students | 1878 Students |
| Total Teachers | 54 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 35:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 32:1 |
The institution has enrolled around one thousand nine hundred students and has 54 teachers to teach them. The school has student-teacher ratio of 35 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Eleven teachers are Male and remaining 43 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification three teachers are Below Graduate, seven are Graduate and rest 44 are Post Graduate. Four teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 32:1, means on an average thirty two students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 546 students in class VI to VIII and 1332 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total fifty nine clasrooms and seven other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has six desktops, three webcams and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are forty boys toilets, sixty girls toilets and six cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.