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The goal of the current analysis is to examine how children in the Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu perceive about the environment. 286 samples from the research area were taken using the random sampling technique. Use of the normative survey method was made. The goal of this study is to ascertain the levels of environment attitudes among school pupils and determine whether there are any notable differences between the sub-samples and predictors that have been chosen. This study makes use of the Environmental Attitude Scale that researchers Dr. D. Ponmozhi and G. Ranjitha developed and validated in 2023. The five dimensions of environmental attitude are covered by the 40 statements that make up this scale: Garden Management, Air & Soil Pollution, Water Recycling, Environmental Awareness, and Sources of Energy & Ecofriendly Products. With the aid of chronph alpha, the scale's reliability and validity were determined. The reliability of the scale was 0.876, and the validity of the scale was 0.93.With the use of SPSSIBM23, descriptive, inferential, correlational, and regression analysis were performed. Students at the school show poor attitudes towards the environment. Two steps and the removal of 10 variables later, the prediction model was established, which comprised two of the twelve predictors. The model explained almost 7% of the variance in environmental attitude (R2=0.075 Adjusted R2=0.068) and was statistically significant (F(2, 283) = 11.397, p .001). Gender and age are the main predictors of environmental attitude. Therefore, the gender and age of schoolchildren were rather reliable indicators of their environmental attitudes.