Revealed: Kenya’s top 400 schools Nationally in 2024 KCSE Exams

Data provided by the institution showed that it presented 51 candidates. Of these, seven scored straight A mean grades. There were 23A-, 16B+, 3B, while B- and C+ were one apiece.

By representing Kajiado County, Merishaw set a trend whereby schools in metropolitan counties dominated the top schools list. Nairobi and Kiambu counties occupied all but two positions among the top 10.

Save for Kajiado County (through Merishaw), and Nandi (through Kapsabet Boys), the top 10 schools as per the data we had gathered by Friday evening were from either Nairobi or Kiambu.

Next after Merishaw is Alliance High School in Kiambu County that posted a mean score of 10.31. At third place, after Alliance, is Kapsabet Boys in Nandi County with a mean score of 10.145.

Sitting fourth is the Kenya High School in Nairobi whose scores averaged 10.131. Closing the top five list is Starehe Boys, also in Nairobi, with a mean of 10.112.

The top five list also shows that, except for Merishaw, national schools were at the apex of the KCSE 2024 performance.

Last year’s top five were (KCSE 2023): Kabarak High School (10.43); Mudasa Academy (10.4); Kapsabet Boys (10.2); Light Academy Mombasa (10.2); and Strathmore School (10.08).

At the Coast, Sheikh Khalifa (9.13) was in the top 40; and Light Academy Mombasa (9) was among the top 50 in our tabulations. Also in the top 50 list was Kenyatta High School Mwatate (8.959).

In Nyanza, Maseno, Maranda and Kiage Tumaini led the way, even as Kanga High School in Migori (9.3) and Orero High School (9.29) sat among the top 30 nationally.

In Western, Friends School Kamusinga and St Brigid’s Girls Kiminini led the way, while St Joseph’s Kitale (9.014) was among the top 50 nationally. St Anthony’s Boys Kitale (8.9) was among the best 60.

In Eastern, Kitui School (9.52) and Makueni Boys High School (8.816) were among the cream.

In the Rift Valley region, Kapsabet Boys sat at the summit, followed by Moi High School Kabarak and Moi Girls Eldoret. Other toppers were Kabianga School in Kericho (9.647) and Anestar Boys High School in Nakuru (9.54).

Kenya’s top 400 schools in 2024-2025 KCSE Exams