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Background: Academic achievement is one of the important indicators of students' educational success and is related to a number of personal, social and environmental factors. These comprise the home environment which is one of the most important factors in the cognitive, emotional and academic development of students, which offers learning resources, parental guidance and a conducive learning environment. Although it is recognized as one of the area of importance, the empirical research regarding the relationship between home environment and achievement of students of higher secondary education in Tiruvallur District is still very limited. Purpose: The present study set to examine the relationship between home environment and academic achievement of the higher secondary students in Tiruvallur District and to find out the difference between the home environment and academic achievement with respect to selected demographic variables. Methodology: The normative survey design was used. The number of higher secondary students selected is 240 students from higher secondary Schools using simple random sampling method in Tiruvallur District, Tamilnadu. The standardized Home Environment Scale was used to gather data and academic achievement was assessed through students' score on the half-yearly examination. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, were used for the data collected analysis. Results: The findings indicated that there was no significant difference between gender and locality in all the measures of home environment and academic achievement. But there was a significant difference with regard to the medium of instruction. The study concludes that the positive home environment contributes to promoting students' academic achievement to a considerable extent.