St. Thomas Upper Primary School Pothencode
| School Name | St. Thomas Upper Primary School Pothencode |
| Address | Pothencode, Vembayam, Kaniyapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Location | Vembayam |
| City | Thiruvananthapuram |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| State | Kerala |
| Pincode | 695584 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Kaniyapuram |
St. Thomas Upper Primary School Pothencode is located in Pothencode, Vembayam, Kaniyapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Established in year 1950, the school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Upper Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Government Aided. It comes under Nedumangadu assembly constituency. This is primarily Malyalam medium school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class I to V | 144 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 373 Students |
| Total Students | 517 Students |
| Total Teachers | 17 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 30:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 43:1 |
This institution has around six hundred students studying who are taught by 17 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 30 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Four teachers are Male and remaining thirteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification four teachers are Below Graduate, six are Graduate and rest seven are Post Graduate. None of the teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 43:1, means on an average forty three students sit in a classroom which is good. There are 144 students in class I to V and 373 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total twelve clasrooms and four other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has one laptop, one scanner and one printer in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are two boys toilets, two girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.