Behavioral problems among school children are closely associated to their mental health and it significant concerns to parents and teachers. Behavioral problems can be of different types- both externalizing and internalizing. These are known to have both short term and long-term hostile implications. The research study aimed to determine the prevalence of selected behavioral problems among school children and find out the association between behavioral problems with selected sociodemographic variables among the school children. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in two different schools in Coimbatore, Tamil Nādu, India. A total of six hundred school children studying in 6th to 9th class were selected using a non-probability, convenience sampling technique. A Modified Youth self-report questionnaire was administered to the participants. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analysis the data.