St Joseph’s Boys Kitale, Butere Girls have highest number of KCSE 2020 candidature- See registered KCSE 2020 candidates per school

May 31, 2025 Hillary Kangwana

KCSE EXAMS 2021- St. Joseph’s Boys, Kitale, has presented the highest number of candidates in the 2020 Kenya Certificate Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. The Nzoia County based National school has a candidature of 565. This is though a marginal drop of 25; down from the 2019 KCSE candidature of 590.

Nyambaria Boys High School sits at second position with 543 as the total number of registered candidates; up from the 477 candidates who sat for the exams in 2019. In the Girls’ category, Butere Girls High school tops with a candidature of 475; up from 441 in 2019.

Sironga Girls that had the highest candidature (among girls’ schools) in 2019 (with a candidature of 580) managed to register 392 candidates in 2020.

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A total of 751,150 candidates have been registered for this year’s KCSE examinations (KCSE 2020 exams); up from the 699,706 in 2019 (See table below);

S/NO	YEAR	KCSE CANDIDATURE
1	2015	525,787
2	2016	577,249
3	2017	615,591
4	2018	664,479
5	2019	699,706
6	2020	751,150

KCSE 2020 CANDIDATURE PER SCHOOL

School Code	School Name	Category	Type	Cluster	KCSE 2019 CANDIDATURE	KCSE 2020 CANDIDATURE	Deviation
23500014	ST. JOSEPH’S BOYS HIGH SCHOOL – KITALE	National	Boys	C4	590	565	-25
43700008	NYAMBARIA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	477	543	66
37600005	BUTERE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	441	475	34
39700001	MASENO SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3	477	467	-10
40700002	KISII HIGH	National	Boys	C1	445	463	18
42700005	MARANDA HIGH	National	Boys	C1	705	453	-252
24500004	ST.THERESA’S TARTAR GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C1	416	431	15
11200002	ALLIANCE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3	396	425	29
40700003	NYABURURU GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	501	413	-88
38600006	CHAVAKALI HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	471	404	-67
11200001	ALLIANCE HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3	423	398	-25
20400008	MOI FORCES ACADEMY – NAIROBI	National	Boys	C3	410	397	-13
43700012	SIRONGA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	580	392	-188
38600003	BUNYORE GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	363	392	29
37600001	KAKAMEGA SCHOOL	National	Boys	C1	398	387	-11
20400001	LENANA SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3	317	384	67
20400002	NAIROBI SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3	353	374	21
42700007	NGIYA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	392	363	-29
41700004	ASUMBI GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	405	358	-47
41700010	MBITA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	369	357	-12
7200009	KARIMA GIRLS	National	Girls	C4	460	355	-105
29500006	KAPSABET BOYS	National	Boys	C1	379	352	-27
11200003	MANGU HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3	343	352	9
11200006	MARYHILL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3	337	351	14
10200013	MUGOIRI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	416	341	-75
26500001	MOI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL- ELDORET	National	Girls	C3	351	323	-28
15300002	MERU SCHOOL	National	Boys	C1	294	322	28
27500007	MOI FORCES ACADEMY LANET	National	Girls	C3	306	320	14
9200012	BARICHO HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	375	319	-56
12300001	MACHAKOS BOYS	National	Boys	C1	290	313	23
28500006	KABIANGA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	348	311	-37
35600008	S.A. KOLANYA GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	348	308	-40
36600002	LUGULU GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	327	306	-21
39700009	KISUMU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	342	303	-39
44700006	KANGA HIGH	National	Boys	C1	316	303	-13
27500008	UTUMISHI BOYS ACADEMY	National	Boys	C3	308	300	-8
36600004	FRIENDS KAMUSINGA	National	Boys	C1	287	299	12
35600007	BUTULA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	239	297	58
20400003	THE KENYA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3	315	295	-20
24500022	CHEWOYET HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	465	292	-173
11200004	LIMURU GIRLS’ SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3	303	292	-11
25500023	TENWEK HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	309	287	-22
8200007	KAGUMO HIGH	National	Boys	C1	308	287	-21
20400006	PANGANI GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	271	284	13
10200008	MURANGA HIGH	National	Boys	C1	311	283	-28
30500020	NJONJO GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	222	282	60
3100007	SHIMO-LA-TEWA SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	289	281	-8
27500002	NAKURU HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3	255	275	20
34500010	ST PATRICK ITEN	National	Boys	C1	267	268	1
11200005	LORETO HIGH SCHOOL LIMURU	National	Girls	C3	266	268	2
19300004	CHOGORIA GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	299	267	-32
28500005	KIPSIGIS GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C1	250	267	17
20400004	STAREHE BOYS’ CENTRE & SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3	267	262	-5
8200010	BISHOP GATIMU NGANDU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	263	259	-4
14300006	MOI HIGH MBIRURI	National	Boys	C1	239	258	19
18300003	MAKUENI BOYS	National	Boys	C1	259	257	-2
47800005	MANDERA SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	241	256	15
23500003	ST BRIGIDS KIMININI	National	Girls	C1	268	252	-16
31500011	MOI GIRLS ISINYA	National	Girls	C1	194	249	55
9200011	KABARE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	261	243	-18
27500009	NAKURU GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3	234	243	9
45800001	GARISSA HIGH	National	Boys	C1	220	243	23
2100005	KWALE HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	270	236	-34
13300005	MUTHALE GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	235	229	-6
6100012	MPEKETONI SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	159	220	61
4100002	RIBE BOYS	National	Boys	C1	203	214	11
32500015	OLE TIPIS GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	258	209	-49
34500017	MOI KAPSOWAR GIRLS	National	Girls	C4	263	207	-56
25500019	KAPLONG GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	204	206	2
15300012	ST. MARY’S GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL IGOJI	National	Girls	C4	247	205	-42
33500018	BARINGO BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	225	204	-21
19300010	IKUU BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	188	203	15
2100006	MATUGA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	195	194	-1
30500021	NANYUKI HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	187	188	1
1100003	KENYATTA HIGH MWATATE	National	Boys	C1	200	184	-16
44700011	MOI NYABOHANSE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	147	184	37
47800006	MOI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL – MANDERA	National	Girls	C2	216	181	-35
3100001	MAMA NGINA GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	200	177	-23
14300011	SIAKAGO GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	205	176	-29
12300013	KATHIANI GIRLS SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	178	175	-3
4100008	BAHARI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	213	174	-39
18300016	MBOONI GIRLS	National	Girls	C2	218	163	-55
7200014	NYANDARUA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Mixed	C2	175	163	-12
13300007	KITUI HIGH	National	Boys	C4	148	160	12
21500012	LODWAR BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	193	159	-34
31500026	OLOOLAISER HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	187	158	-29
20400009	STAREHE GIRLS’ CENTRE	National	Girls	C3	119	156	37
22500013	MARALAL HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	176	154	-22
29500025	ST. JOSEPH’S GIRLS – CHEPTERIT	National	Girls	C2	208	152	-56
46800003	WAJIR HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	166	146	-20
1100004	BURA GIRLS	National	Girls	C1	197	143	-54
16300008	MOI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL-MARSABIT	National	Girls	C4	158	142	-16
21500021	TURKANA GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	118	141	23
46800004	WAJIR GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	163	132	-31
5100010	NGAO GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	52	123	71
5100009	HOLA BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	82	120	38
32500016	KILGORIS BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4	114	119	5
6100011	LAMU GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	124	106	-18
45800002	NEP GIRLS HIGH	National	Girls	C4	222	103	-119
11207106	S.A. HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND	National	Mixed	CS	67	96	29
22500024	KISIMA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2	111	82	-29
8219116	REV. MUHORO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	70	79	9
11207105	S.A. JOYTOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR PH	National	Mixed	CS	62	72	10
4125131	SAHAJANAND SPECIAL SCHOOL-CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE	National	Mixed	CS	71	64	-7
39741015	JOYLAND SPECIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Mixed	CS	65	62	-3
3126103	M.S.S FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED	National	Boys	CS	48	61	13
36612116	NALONDO CBM SECONDARY FOR PHYSICALLY HANDCAPPED	National	Mixed	CS	66	54	-12
17300009	ISIOLO GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4	63	54	-9
28522542	ST.PAUL’S CHARERA SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL	National	Mixed	CS	56	52	-4
44717106	KUJA SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	49	50	1
37617206	ST. ANGELA MUMIAS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FOR DEAF	National	Girls	CS	50	48	-2
42712208	FR. OUDERAA SEC. SCHOOL FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED	National	Mixed	CS	42	44	2
16300014	MOYALE SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	50	40	-10
35620109	ST. BRIDGIT AKOREET SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL TRAIN	National	Mixed	CS	41	34	-7
12301796	MACHAKOS SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	32	32	0
39733224	ST. GEORGE SPECIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Mixed	CS	21	29	8
11232113	PCEA KAMBUI SCHOOL FOR HEARING IMPAIRED	National	Mixed	CS	27	28	1
4102116	PWANI SECONDARY/VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	32	27	-5
27511533	NGALA SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	18	27	9
40703418	GIANCHERE FRIENDS SEC/VOC FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED	National	Mixed	CS	17	27	10
29513104	KAPSABET SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	38	26	-12
39734313	KIBOS VISUALLY IMPARED SECONDARY	National	Mixed	CS	43	25	-18
10204114	MURANGA SCHOOL FOR HEARING IMPAIRED	National	Mixed	CS	27	25	-2
17300015	GARBATULA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2	20	24	4
36628147	JOYVALLEY S.A SPECIAL SECONDARY SCHOOLFOR P.H	National	Mixed	CS	16	23	7
15319324	ST. LUCY’S HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED	National	Mixed	CS	34	21	-13
14312122	ACK MARY MAGDALENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	14	18	4
25533120	ST. KIZITO SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE HEARING IMPAIR	National	Girls	CS	29	17	-12
46802016	WAJIR SPECIAL SECONDARY FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	13	17	4
28571104	KEDOWA SPECIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Mixed	CS	27	13	-14
24505117	ST. FRANCIS SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY IMPA	National	Mixed	CS	24	13	-11
38633221	ST. CLARE EBUKUYA SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR HEARING IMP	National	Mixed	CS	12	12	0
42712113	NICO HAUSER SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIR	National	Mixed	CS	18	11	-7
20407056	KASARANI TREESIDE SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	6	10	4
37625123	ACK EMATUNDU BOYS SECONDARY/VOCATIONAL SCHOOL	National	Boys	CS	5	8	3
2105120	KWALE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF	National	Mixed	CS	8	4	-4