Schools in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu has 57,935 schools (UDISE+ 2024-25): 37,626 government, 8,254 government-aided, 11,890 private unaided and 165 others. 14,436 schools with a primary section also have a pre-primary section.
Source: UDISE+ 2024-25 booklet, Ministry of Education (Tables 3.3-3.7), booklet PDF, read 20 Oct 2026.
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Districts
58,559 schools in the named-school list for Tamil Nadu, 15,073 of them with a pre-primary section.
- Ariyalur783 schools
- Chennai1,466 schools
- Coimbatore1,997 schools
- Cuddalore2,222 schools
- Dharmapuri1,622 schools
- Dindigul1,975 schools
- Erode1,744 schools
- Kanchipuram2,605 schools
- Kanniyakumari1,219 schools
- Karur1,059 schools
- Krishnagiri2,049 schools
- Madurai2,244 schools
- Nagapattinam1,540 schools
- Namakkal1,371 schools
- Perambalur519 schools
- Pudukkottai1,958 schools
- Ramanathapuram1,528 schools
- Salem2,347 schools
- Sivaganga1,604 schools
- Thanjavur2,061 schools
- The Nilgiris707 schools
- Theni939 schools
- Thiruvallur2,532 schools
- Thiruvarur1,280 schools
- Thoothukkudi1,848 schools
- Tiruchirappalli2,024 schools
- Tirunelveli2,830 schools
- Tiruppur1,909 schools
- Tiruvannamalai2,532 schools
- Vellore3,335 schools
- Villupuram2,974 schools
- Virudhunagar1,736 schools
UDISE data year: about 2019-20 (Shishya's estimate; the publisher does not state the year). Source: India Data Portal (Bharti Institute, ISB) and UDISE+, Ministry of Education. ODC-BY. Dataset · Licence (ODC-BY). Names and labels are shown exactly as UDISE prints them.
RTE 25% free seats in Tamil Nadu
Private unaided schools keep at least 25% of entry-class seats free for children from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups. Check your state's education department for the portal and dates. Read the Tamil Nadu RTE guide.