The high prevalence of intestinal helminth infections among children living in developing countries impairs growth in these populations. Present study was aimed to compare the nutritional status of children infected by soil-transmitted helminths (STH) with uninfected children. Stool samples and Anthropometric measurements were taken from 382 children. Stool samples were processed by using both simple smear and zinc sulphate concentration methods. Nutritional status was assessed by Waterlows classification of the 382 children surveyed, 78.27% were infected by either Ascaris lumbricoides or Trichuris trichiura or both. Children infected by STH were found to be more malnourished than uninfected children. The present study concludes that Soil-transmitted helminths are abundant among school children of Kashmir valley which have a negative impact on their nutritional status.