Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur

Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur
Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur
Location
	Kuppayanallur, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu; India
Coordinates	12°35′50″N 79°45′31″E / 12.59722°N 79.75861°E
Information
Type	Private secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Denomination	Jesuits
Established	12 June 1995; 29 years ago
Oversight	Jesuits Chennai Mission
Staff	33
Grades	6 through 12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	770 students; c. 70% Dalit;
Language	Tamil

Loyola Higher Secondary School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Kuppayanallur, in the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil-medium, co-educational high school was founded by the Jesuits in 1995^[2] and educates students from grades six through twelve.^{[citation needed]}

History

Loyola Higher Secondary School was upgraded from the parish primary school in Ongur, a close-by village, to a middle school, then a high school and finally to a higher secondary school.^[3] The first batch of 59 SSLC Students wrote their public exam in 1997 and secured 71% pass, which had risen to 95.4% in 2007. The school is recognized but not aided by the Tamil Nadu government.^[4] It is a co-educational Tamil-medium school run by the Jesuits preferentially for the education of the Dalit children of the four Jesuit parishes and more than 20 villages.^[5]