Public senior school
Chewoyet High School
A senior school in West Pokot sub-county, West Pokot County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 29 subject combinations.
School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake
- Cluster
- C1Former national schools.
- Gender
- Boys
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- 2026 fees
- KSh 53,554 or 40,535 per year, depending on the approved tierGovernment-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.
- Ownership
- Public
Not released yet for the January 2027 intake. Last year: 19 December 2025. KEMIS placement portal · Get an alert when they’re released.
KCSE results the latest 5 years we hold
Chewoyet High School scored a mean of 8.70 (B) in KCSE 2023, 4.2 points above the national average, up from 8.30 in 2022. Over 2021–2023 it ranks 86th of 559 schools in Kenya with 3 or more years of published results.
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2010 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 8.700 | 8.300 | 6.938 | 8.649 | 7.807 |
| Grade | B | B- | C+ | B | B- |
| Candidates | 363 | 378 | 416 | 202 | 161 |
Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026
STEM16 combinationsPure Sciences 5 · Applied Sciences 7 · Technical Studies 4
Social Sciences10 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 10
Arts & Sports Science3 combinationsArts 1 · Sports 2
Subjects in these combinations · 19
Agriculture, Biology, Building & Construction, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Electricity, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, French, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in English, Physics, Power Mechanics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmSenior schools in West Pokot County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science
Codes and registration
- KNEC code
- 24500022
- UIC
- XJVN
- School code
- B7170147
- Level
- Senior school
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- PRIVATE BAG KAPEGURIA
Older records figures from the 2013 records; counts made in 2007
- Students enrolled
- 630
- Teaching staff
- 31
- Students per teacher
- 20.3:1 (2007)
- Acres
- 295
- Acreage per enrolment
- 2.1
Staff counted in 2007 ›
| Role | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSC teachers | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| Local authority teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PTA and board teachers | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Other teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-teaching staff | 25 | 5 | 30 |
About the school · written in 2013
Chewoyet High School is a Boys boarding school, located in Kapenguria location, West Pokot County. It situated about four kilometres from Kapenguria town, in West Pokot County . It was among the first two premier government secondary schools in the North Rift, the other was Kapsabet Boys. The school, sitting on 400 acres and earlier known as the Rift Valley Junior Secondary School, was first an agriculture college in the 1940’s.
Notable alumni of the school — that was elevated to a national school in 2012 include; former Vice President the late Kijana Wamalwa, the first school captain and his brother, Eugene Wamalwa the designate Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary, former Chief of the General Staff Daudi Tonje, former Nairobi Town Clerk John Gakuo, Education PS Dr Bellio Kipsang and the late Rift Valley PC Ishmail Chelang’a.
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Data sources
The school description and other details come from the 2013 school data. Staff and facility figures show their recorded years. Classification and codes come from the 2026 senior-school register.
Register, pathways and fees
- Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS) pathways, combinations, emblem · checked 15 October 2026
- December 2025 senior-school list, row 201 classification and codes
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 9516 checked 1 October 2026
- Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 2026 fee schedule
KCSE results
- KNEC for 2006–2010, the school’s audit reports and newspapers since: every source, on the results page 2006–2023
2013 school data
- Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data
Map
- © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: IEBC via UN OCHA map data