Attakulangara Central School is situated in the middle of Trivandrum city area, the 124-year-old Government Central High School. The school was founded as the Native High School in 1889 by T. Marthandan Thampi who was also its first Headmaster. Later, the Government took over the school, renaming it as Attakulangara Vernacular School and sometime thereafter, renaming it again as Central High School, Attakulangara. There is a Subramaniam Memorial bell tower.