St.Thomas Higher Secondary School Poonthura
| School Name | St.Thomas Higher Secondary School Poonthura |
| Address | Muttathara, Poonthura, Trivandrum South, Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Location | Muttathara |
| City | Thiruvananthapuram |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| State | Kerala |
| Pincode | 695026 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Trivandrum South |
St.Thomas Higher Secondary School Poonthura is located in Muttathara, Poonthura, Trivandrum South, Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and was established in year 1923. The school is a Co-educational and is located in Urban 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 Thiruvananthapuram assembly constituency. The medium of instructions is Malyalam in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class I to V | 400 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 312 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 577 Students |
| Total Students | 1289 Students |
| Total Teachers | 51 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 25:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 34:1 |
The institution teaches around one thousand three hundred students and has recruited total 51 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 25 students per teacher. Fifty teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. Eleven teachers are Male and remaining forty are Female. In terms of Academic qualification six teachers are Below Graduate, eighteen are Graduate and rest 27 are Post Graduate. Sixteen teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 34:1, means on an average thirty four students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 400 students in class I to V, 312 students in class VI to VIII and 577 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total thirty eight clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has both internet facility and DTH facility for students. The school has twenty four laptops, seventeen desktops, three printers, eighteen LEDs, one digiboard, two webcams and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are seven boys toilets and seven girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.