PRR&VS Government College, Vidavalur was started as a composite co-education college on 8th July, 1965. The donors were Sri Ponnaluru Ramachandra Reddy and Smt. Venkata Subbamma, landlords of Vidavalur. The college was initially started on the campus of Z.P High school, Vidavalur. The present structure took shape in 1989. The college has 11.72 acres of campus. At first it was a composite college but on 16-07-2002, the Junior college was bifurcated from this college. The college got its recognition under 2(f) and 12(b) of the UGC, in the year 1991. The college was affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University right from its inception i.e., 1965-66 to 2009-10. From 2010-11 onwards the college has been affiliated to Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore. The college was accredited by NAAC, Bangalore with ‘B’ grade with CGPA score of 2.03 in the year 2008, and re-accredited in 2015 with ‘B’ grade with CGPA score of 2.04.