The present study has been carried out to examine the academic achievement in mathematics of higher secondary students. Normative survey method was adopted on a sample of 927 higher secondary students from Puducherry region using stratified random sampling technique. To measure academic achievement in mathematics, the investigator developed the achievement test based on Bloom’s Taxonomy (1956). The study revealed that there exists significant difference in academic achievement in mathematics with respect to Type of management and Type of school and not significant in the case of gender and locality.