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Best guide on MaryHill Girls High School; KCSE Performance, Location, History, Fees, Contacts, Portal Login, Postal Address, KNEC Code, Photos and Admissions

May 31, 2025 Hillary Kangwana

Maryhill Girls High School is a girls’ national boarding school situated in Thika along Thika – Gatukuyu road.

Maryhill Girls’ High School was founded in 1933 when some great missionary women (Sisters of Our Lady of Africa) answered the call of serving the children who were born of mixed races in East Africa. These children were discriminated upon on the African, European and Asian Schools. The school acquired its name from Mary Mother of Jesus and the hill on which it stands. Soon after independence, the school acquired a new phase where the first bright African girls were admitted and Maryhill became one of the most prestigious schools in the country. The school was later turned into a public school. In 1989 when the school presented the first candidates in 8-4-4 system of education.

Maryhill Girls High School is a girls’ national boarding school situated in Thika along Thika – Gatukuyu road. The school has a student population of 1616 students currently. It is an eight streamed school offering seventeen subjects in the 8-4-4- curriculum. The school also offers a variety of other co-curricular activities such as Drama, Music, variety of games like hockey, swimming, volleyball, tennis to name but a few.

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School’s Contacts

MARYHILL GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL, PO BOX 9-0100, THIKA.
TEL: 020-2011779
CELL PHONE: +254-704-983-017
EMAIL: [email protected]
Website: https://www.maryhillgirls.ac.ke/
KNEC Code: 11200006
Parents’ Login Portal: https://schoolswebportal.com/maryhill/school/index.php?vlu=stdresult

How to download the Maryhill Admission letter

To download the school’s admission letter click on this link; https://schoolswebportal.com/maryhill/school/index.php?admission_letter

Maryhill Girls’ Admission Criteria

The school admits students with 350 marks and above. For continuing students, they should have at least a B (plain) in the previous exams.

Maryhill Girls’ Mission Statement

To provide equal educational opportunities for the Kenyan girl child. To develop her full potential in a multicultural and competitive environment through discipline, moral and spiritual development and to foster skills in self-reliance, leadership and responsibility based on team work, efficiency, commitment and diligence.

Maryhill Girls’ Motto: Toil For Excellence

Maryhill Girls’ Vision: To make Maryhill Girls High School a centre of excellence.

Maryhill Girls’ KCSE Results Analysis

Touted as one of the best performing schools in Kenya, Maryhill Girls has maintained a good run in performance at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams; over the years. In 2018, for instance, the school recorded a performance index of 76.826; A- (minus) out of a candidature of 185 students. For 2019 exams the school had a candidature of 337 students. The table below shows past KCSE results for the school;

Exam Year	No. of Students	Mean Score	Mean Grade	A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D+	D	D-
2017	324	8.7006	B	4	27	76	86	57	46	22	6	0	0	0
2016	295	9.4441	B	4	66	92	60	45	24	4	0	0	0	0
2015	302	9.0828	B	4	59	87	57	54	21	10	4	1	0	0
2014	266	9.8386	B+	30	74	56	54	38	10	3	1	0	0	0
2013	185	10.6919	A-	50	67	44	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
2012	150	10.3866	B+	36	40	38	20	14	2	0	0	0	0	0
2011	123	10.2602	B+	20	42	30	18	9	3	0	1	0	0	0
2010	140	9.6115	B+	22	23	32	27	19	8	8	0	0	0	0
2009	131	9.2595	B	3	16	40	38	23	9	2	0	0	0	0
2008	138	9.4817	B	11	32	34	26	17	10	3	1	3	0	0
2007	118	9.1101	B	5	22	26	23	20	15	6	1	0	0	0
2006	133	9.3909	B	11	19	38	25	28	7	5	0	0	0	0
2005	138	8.5434	B	0	13	36	23	31	17	13	4	1	0	0
2004	137	8.2335	B-	1	11	18	24	44	19	16	3	0	1	0
2003	134	8.4702	B-	1	9	28	31	29	24	8	1	3	0	0
2002	129	8.3721	B-	3	13	26	23	22	18	15	8	0	0	1
2001	131	8.4122	B-	1	12	21	34	30	12	17	2	0	2	0
2000	136	7.8809	B-	1	3	6	37	36	30	16	4	1	0	0
1999	147	7.3741	C+	1	0	8	21	46	31	24	10	6	0	0
1998	154	6.8637	C+	0	0	6	20	24	41	32	22	9	0	0
1997	143	7.5173	B-	0	2	11	23	39	34	18	14	2	0	0
1996	133	7.0076	C+	0	2	7	9	34	28	30	20	2	1	0
1995	90	6.6444	C+	0	0	1	5	19	22	26	13	4	0	0
1994	130	6.8462	C+	0	3	5	12	28	29	24	14	13	2	0
1993	124	7.0323	C+	0	1	2	24	24	25	27	13	7	1	0
1992	135	6.1778	C	0	0	0	4	19	29	45	23	13	2	0
1991	84	5.6667	C	0	0	1	1	7	14	19	28	11	1	1
1990	80	5.9113	C	0	0	0	0	11	14	22	23	7	2	0