St Marys Higher Secondary School Melpalai
| School Name | St Marys Higher Secondary School Melpalai |
| Address | Edaicode, Mottakkalai, Devicode, Melpuram, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Edaicode |
| City | Nagercoil |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 629152 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Melpuram |
St Marys Higher Secondary School Melpalai is located in Edaicode, Mottakkalai, Devicode, Melpuram, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu. Established 68 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. The school is situated in Vilavancode assembly constituency. The school is located in Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school but English and Malyalam is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 380 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 908 Students |
| Total Students | 1288 Students |
| Total Teachers | 51 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 25:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 31:1 |
This school has around one thousand three hundred students studying who are taught by 51 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 25 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Thirteen teachers are Male and remaining 38 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification seven teachers are Below Graduate, 27 are Graduate and rest seventeen are Post Graduate. Two teachers are 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 380 students in class VI to VIII and 908 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total forty one clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has three desktops and one webcam in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are ten boys toilets, twenty seven girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.