Top 12 Best Public High Schools For Boys In Kenya

Education in public schools in most cases not taken seriously, but thanks to great reforms that have brought sanity to the teaching profession. National schools have been striving to produce the best results in the country.

Apart from National schools, Extra County schools are also very good schools in terms of facilities and performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, examinations.

Most of the schools produce excellent results in KCSE exams and compete favorably with the National schools. Every year, after KNEC (Kenya National Examinations Council) announces the results, there is always an underdog that surprises the country. They score excellent results and are among the top performers.

Although there are few public national boys’ schools that are not performing well, the majority of them have continuously achieved outstanding results in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education-KCSE exam.

1. Kapsabet High School

Kapsabet high school is currently ranked as one of Kenya’s best boys’ national schools. Kabsabet is located about 40 kilometers from Eldoret town. The school is well-known in Kenya for being an academic giant during national exam results allowing many students to enroll in universities of their choice

2. Alliance High School

Alliance High was founded in 1926 by the Alliance of Protestant Churches. The school has maintained an academic tempo that has been at an all-time high. It is located near Kikuyu Town, Kiambu Constituency.

3. Mang’u High School

Mang’u High School, whose school motto is “Jishinde Ushinde”, loosely translated to mean “Conquer yourself to conquer” is one of the best national schools in Kenya. The school was established in 1925 by the Kenyan Roman Catholic Church and is located along the Nairobi-Thika Highway in Kiambu County

4. Nairobi School

Nairobi School is situated in the Westlands about 11 kilometers from the city center. It is a public high school that was established in 1902 by British settlers in Nairobi during the construction of the Kenya-Uganda railway. In terms of K.C.S.E results the school is among Kenya’s best and always produces top students in the country.

5. Friends School Kamusinga

Friends School Kamusinga is a Kenyan national high school established in 1956 to offer quality education to boys students from the western region and other parts of the country. The school is located in Kimilili, Bungoma County, and is ranked among the best national schools in Kenya.

6. Starehe Boys’ Centre

This Is one of the leading boys’ national schools in Kenya. Founded in 1959 by Dr. Geoffrey William Griffin, Geoffrey Gatama Gaturo, and Joseph Kamiru Gikubu, the school has since grown to become one of the leading high schools in the country. It had a mean of 8.91 in last year’s KCSE examinations.

7. Kagumo High School

Kagumo High School is one of the top boys’ national secondary schools located between Kirichu and Kiganjo townships along the Karatina-Nanyuki road. The school is credited to have been among the first schools in Kenya to allow native black Africans to sit for university-level entrance exams in 1946

8. Baricho Boys High School

Is a public secondary school located in Mwerua location, Ndia Division in Kirinyaga County. The school, which was founded in 1934 by the late Bishop Gatimu of Nyeri Diocese, sits on a 24-acre piece of land and is sponsored by the Catholic Church.

9. Lenana School

Lenana School is located off Ngong Road, particularly Lenana, on your way to Karen. It aims at offering all students a broad and balanced curriculum that provides rewarding and stimulating activities to prepare them for the future.

10. Kanga High School

Kanga High School is a national public boy’s national school located in Rongo Constituency in Migori County. The school was founded in 1985 by the late Internal Security PS Hezekiah Oyugi and was initially housed by St. Joseph’s Secondary School, Rapogi as it lacked sufficient structures. Over time it has grown to become one of the best national schools in the Nyanza region.

11. Nakuru Boys High School

Founded in 1927 as Francis Scott High School, later renamed to Nakuru after Kenya attained independence in 1963, Nakuru Boys High School is the best boys’ national school in Nakuru County. The school is located just outside Nakuru town along Nakuru-Bahati Road, approximately 500m off Nakuru-Nakuru Highway

12. Murang’a High School

Murang’a High School is a boys’ boarding school located in Murang’ a town in Murang’ a County. The school was founded in 1964 through the Catholic Diocese of Nyeri and began with only 35 students. It has since grown to become one of the best national schools in Kenya, and last year it registered a mean of 9.27.

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