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Physical health is an essential part of someone’s overall health which includes everything ranging from physical fitness to overall wellness. Health is a state of a complete well – being thus physical health makes an individual mechanically fit to carry out his daily activities without any problem. This research paper aimsto investigate the physical health among XI Standard students. The study included the categorical variablesgender, locality and type of schools. 80 students from various Government, Government Aided and Private Schools in and around Salem district were involved. Normative survey method was adopted and stratified sampling technique was employed for the study. Physical health scale was prepared by the investigator that included 30 items. The data collected were subjected to the statistical technique like Percentage analysis, t – test and F- test. The finding of this study reveals that government school students have higher mean scores than the government aided and private school students in physical health.