Public senior school
Dagoretti High School
A senior school in Dagoretti sub-county, Nairobi County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 7 subject combinations.
School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake
- Cluster
- C2Ministry of Education senior-school cluster.
- Gender
- Boys
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- 2026 fees
- This school’s approved fee schedule is not established here.Government-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.
- Ownership
- Public
- Motto
- Elimu ni Mali
- Postal address
- 21070-00505 NBI
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 2006–2010
Dagoretti High School scored a mean of 7.37 (C+) in KCSE 2010, 2.2 points above the national average, up from 7.28 in 2009.
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 7.369 | 7.277 | 6.964 | 7.753 | 7.411 |
| Grade | C+ | C+ | C+ | B- | C+ |
| Candidates | 195 | 177 | 168 | 186 | 175 |
Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026
STEM4 combinationsPure Sciences 1 · Applied Sciences 3
Social Sciences2 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 2
Arts & Sports Science1 combinationSports 1
Subjects in these combinations · 12
Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Studies, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in English, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmSenior schools in Nairobi County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science
Codes and registration
- KNEC code
- 20405001
- UIC
- 4TBK
- School code
- N1010121
- Level
- Senior school
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
Older records figures from the 2013 records; counts made in 2007
- Students enrolled
- 769
- Teaching staff
- 40
- Students per teacher
- 19.2
- Acreage per enrolment
- 29.8
Staff counted in 2007 ›
| Role | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSC teachers | 16 | 23 | 39 |
| PTA and board teachers | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-teaching staff | 35 | 6 | 41 |
School history
Dagoretti High School traces its roots to 1929, when Ruthimitu Independent School was set up for African pupils who had been expelled from mission schools. It was closed in the early 1930s under pressure from missionaries and the colonial government, and reopened in 1939 as Waithaka Independent School, run by the Kikuyu Karing’a Education Association.
During the colonial state of emergency it was shut down and turned into a detention camp. Work to turn the camp back into a school began in 1959; while building went on, the first Form One class spent a year at Thika High School. The school was renamed Dagoretti High School in November 1961, admitted its first students on its own campus in January 1962 and was officially opened on 21 September 1963.
Today it is a boys’ boarding school in Waithaka, on the Nairobi–Kikuyu road about 16 kilometres from the city centre. Its motto is “Elimu ni Mali”.
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Data sources
School history and updated details use the sources below. Other details come from the 2013 school data. 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
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 6498 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 2006–2010
2013 school data
- Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data
Map
- © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: IEBC via UN OCHA map data