St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School Vizhunthayambalam
| School Name | St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School Vizhunthayambalam |
| Address | Appicode, Killiyoor T.P, Killiyoor, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Killiyoor |
| City | Nagercoil |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 629173 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Killiyoor |
St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School Vizhunthayambalam is located in Appicode, Killiyoor T.P, Killiyoor, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu. Established 59 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 Killiyoor assembly constituency. The school falls under Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is Tamil in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 146 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 358 Students |
| Total Students | 504 Students |
| Total Teachers | 21 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 24:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 20:1 |
The school has strength of around six hundred students and has 21 teachers to teach them. The school has student-teacher ratio of 24 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Seven teachers are Male and remaining fourteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification four teachers are Graduate and rest seventeen are Post Graduate. None of the 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 146 students in class VI to VIII and 358 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total twenty five clasrooms and seven other rooms. The school has both internet facility and DTH facility for students. The school has three laptops, ten desktops, one digiboard, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are five boys toilets, ten girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.