Objectives: Prevalence of anemia is high in India .Anemia is a serious health problem in Indian school children. Material and methods: Children of age group 6-15 years of Secab institution of Bijapur district of Karnataka were included in our study .Hemoglobin was determined by Salhi__ampersandsignrsquo;s method taking WHO standard .Result. Of the 1033 students included in the study, 594 were boys and 439 were girls. Overall prevalence of anemia was 67.1% with higher prevalence in girls (79.7%) as compared to boys (57.7%). The difference in prevalence was higher in the age-group __ampersandsigngt;12 years (boys = 48.5%, girls = 82.5%) as compared to__ampersandsignlt;_ 12 years (boys = 65.6%, girls = 78.0%). Further stratification of the age into smaller groups showed a highly significant difference in the mean hemoglobin levels between boys and girls in the age-group 6 to 8 years (boys = p=0.002). Among older children, the difference in the mean hemoglobin levels between boys and girls were highly significant for 13,14 __ampersandsignamp;15 years. In 57.75% of anemic boys 41.07% had mild and 16.66% had moderate anemia .In girls of 79.33%, 53.07% were mild and 26.65% were moderate anemia. In age group of __ampersandsignlt; 12 years we could find 30.69% mild and 25.1% moderate .In girls __ampersandsignlt;12 years 54.2% mild, 25.87% moderate anemia. In age group of __ampersandsigngt;12 years the mild prevalence of anemia in boys was 38.21 % and moderate 12.19 %. In girls 51.68% mild and 27.3% moderate. Conclusion: Anemia is a significant problem in our apparently healthy school going children of age group 6-16 years.