The school has fully equipped laboratories for Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science. Models, slides, charts, video, audio cassettes and CDs and LCD projector, OHP projector internet and Smart Classes are also available for further study.

The students are divided into four houses - Ganga, Jamuna, Godavari, and Cauvery. Each house is placed under a house Master / Mistress who is responsible for the well being and discipline of the members. He / She is assisted by a team of House Tutors in training the children for all the inter-house competitions and activities of the school, which are conducted through the year. The House Captains and the Vice Captains play a vital role in the House activities.

The teaching faculty is highly competent and fully qualified and experienced. They are resident in the campus and participate in all the activities of the school. A student counsellor is available to assist and counsel the children. The staff strive for academic excellence as well as the all round development of a child. Teachers are constantly trained and their knowledge is upgraded.

The School has excellent library facilities with 20,000 volumes of books on all subjects, ranging from fairy tales, encyclopedia, fiction, science, photography, arts, religion and general knowledge to craft, cookery and flower arrangements. Newspapers, periodicals and magazines on many subjects help children spend many happy hours expanding their knowledge and cultivating good reading habits.

By completing the installation of a 26 KW Solar power plant on the 1st Of October 2020, Kotagiri Public School has gone green now.

It's the first school in Kotagiri and the first CBSE school in the Nilgiris to install a solar plant.

The latest generation of solar inverter from Solis - Ginlong Technologies with advanced power control and dynamic MPPT technology with peak efficiency of 98.99% has been installed. An advanced SCADA (web monitoring) by which the solar powerplant is connected to the world wide web makes it very easy for monitoring and managing the system.

The School admits a small percentage of students as Day boarders. All students are expected to participate in all the curricular, the co-curricular and the extra-curricular activities of the school, including the annual camps and tours.

Children are housed in dormitories according to their age. There are separate dormitories for little children, girls and boys. Higher Secondary boys are housed in two hostels a little away from the rest of the dormitories.

Each dormitory is under the care of a warden who gives parental care to the children. The dormitories also have a TV and indoor games for entertainment and relaxation.

All boarders undergo a thorough medical inspection at the commencement of each year. The medical inspection fee and expenditure on any follow-up measures recommended by the Doctor will be levied on the parents.

The school has an infirmary with a qualified nurse to care for the patients. An experienced visiting Doctor attends on the patients. Good, well equipped hospitals are situated nearby.

Kotagiri enjoys a salubrious climate and no disease worth mentioning has broken out here. However, to facilitate better care for your child, a medical history of the child should be submitted at the time of admission in the prescribed form.

Food is prepared in a hygienic way in a modern, well equipped kitchen. Delicious vegetarian and non-vegetarian food is served. Special care is taken to serve a well-balanced diet. Both the children and the staff share the same food. The menu is changed periodically to add variety to the food.

The school shop supplies various items from uniforms, sweaters, and socks to toiletries; text books and note books to all stationery items to the children.

A canteen is operated in the evenings and snacks, soft drinks and hot beverages are provided..