PMSHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya Malappuram was established in 1986 under the able guidance of the founder Principal Sri N V Namboodirpad. PMSHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya Malappuram had a strength of 300 students, six teachers and two office staff to begin with in 1986. It started functioning in a rented building in Kottapady Malappuram. The first block of its own building was ready in 1989 and two more blocks – the primary block and the laboratories were added later. Being on the slopes of a hill its unique feature is that every floor opens to the ground.