Top 10 CBSE Schools in Koderma: A Parent’s Guide for 2026
Search “top CBSE schools in Koderma” and you will find a dozen lists, most of them assembled by directory websites that have never set foot in Jhumri Telaiya. The order changes depending on which site you open. That should tell you something.
Here is the honest position. No official body ranks the schools of Koderma district. There is no inspection score, no published league table, nothing that would let anyone put these schools in order from one to ten and defend it.
What does exist is a real list of CBSE-affiliated schools in the district, and a reliable way to work out which CBSE school in Koderma actually fits your child. That is what this guide gives you.
One disclosure before we start: this is published by Modern Public School, which is one of the schools on this list. So read our section with the scepticism you would apply to any school describing itself, and go verify it in person.
The CBSE schools in Koderma district
These are listed by area, not by rank. Every one holds a CBSE affiliation number you can check on the board’s own website.
In and around Jhumri Telaiya
Modern Public School, on Ranchi Patna Road, established 1991, co-educational and English medium from Play Group to Class XII.
Parmar Vidyawati Surjit Singh DAV Public School, Jhumri Telaiya, established 1991.
Kailash Rai Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Mahatma Gandhi Nagar.
Meridian Academy, Gumo, Ward 1.
Sacred Heart School, near Sankat Mochan Mandir.
Grizzly Vidyalaya, Tilaiya Dam, a senior secondary school and one of the older institutions in the district.
Elsewhere in the district
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Lokai, established 1993. A central government residential school with free education, admission by the JNV Selection Test, mainly for rural students.
Sainik School Tilaiya, at Tilaiya Dam, a residential school with its own national entrance process.
Adarsh +2 Uchh Vidyalaya, Madhwatand, Jainagar, senior secondary.
A K Memorial DPS Parsabad, Station Road, Jainagar, established 2015.
Appreciable Public School, Katia, Parsabad, established 2010.
Sanskar International School, Lohasikar, Bekobar, established 2017.
G. S. Public School, Domchanch, senior secondary.
That is more than ten, which is rather the point. Any list that stops neatly at ten has left someone out to make the number work.
How to actually shortlist from this list
Five checks will narrow this down faster than any ranking, whichever CBSE school in Koderma you are looking at.
Distance first. Draw a circle around your home. A school forty minutes away by bus costs your child eighty minutes a day for twelve years. Rule out on geography before you rule out on anything else.
Classes offered. Some of these schools go to Class X, others to Class XII. If a school stops at Class X, your child changes schools at fifteen, in the same year they sit their first board exam. Worth knowing now rather than later.
Board results with depth. Ask any shortlisted school how many students crossed 90 percent, not who came first. The topper proves the school can teach its strongest child. The spread tells you whether the teaching reaches the middle of the class.
The safety paperwork. Every CBSE school must hold a building safety certificate, a fire safety certificate, and a water and sanitation certificate, plus RTE recognition up to Class VIII. Ask to see them. A school that has them will produce them.
A visit on an ordinary day. Not on Annual Day. Go on a working Tuesday morning and look at whether the labs are in use, whether anyone is in the library, and how the children behave when a stranger walks past.
About Modern Public School
Now our part, stated plainly so you can check it.
MPS has been teaching in Koderma since 1991, which makes 2026 its thirty-fifth year. It runs from Play Group to Class XII, so a child admitted in nursery never has to move.
In the 2025-26 session, Tejas Bhalotia scored 97.4 percent and Anushka Siddhi 97.2 percent in Class X, with a further group of students between 90 and 94 percent. In Class XII, Parth Kumar Agarwal scored 97.2 percent in Science and Raksha Jain 95.2 percent in Commerce.
The campus has a composite science lab covering Physics, Chemistry and Biology, a library of over 5,000 books, a computer lab on UPS and generator backup, and technology-enabled classrooms. Transport runs across Jhumri Telaiya and out to Koderma, Chandwara, Pathaldiha and Domchanch, with fees published by area. All safety certificates are downloadable from the website. The school has been recognised as Best Co-Educational School in Jharkhand.
How the MPS team helps
Under Director Sangeeta Sharma, the admissions team will do something most schools will not, which is talk to you about the decision rather than only about the sale.
They will walk you through the campus on a normal working day rather than a staged one, tell you which transport route covers your locality and what it costs before you ask, explain the CBSE pathway and stream options after Class X, and give you a straight answer on syllabus gaps if your child is transferring from another board. If your circle around the map puts a different school closer to home, they will say so.
The process is simple. An enquiry, a campus visit, the application form, then document submission with guidance on what each class needs. Play Group and Nursery involve no written test, just a friendly interaction with the child and parents.
Come and see for yourself
Admissions for 2026-27 are open and sections fill early.
Use the five checks above at every school you visit. If you are choosing a CBSE school in Koderma for 2026-27 and Modern Public School is on your list, book a visit and put us to the test.
Call +91 9631343995, +91 6207300328 or +91 8539993663, write to modernpublicschool2009@gmail.com, or apply online at mpskoderma.com/apply-online.
Modern Public School, Ranchi Patna Road, Jhumri Telaiya, Koderma, Jharkhand 825409.
