Public senior school

Kwale High

Also listed as Kwale Boys Secondary School.

A senior school in Matuga sub-county, Kwale County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 7 subject combinations.

School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake

Cluster: C1Ministry of Education senior-school cluster.
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
Postal address: 13, KWALE

Next placements

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

Kwale High scored a mean of 9.30 (B) in KCSE 2025, 4.4 points above the national average, up from 7.59 in 2024. Over 2018–2025 it ranks 103rd of 559 schools in Kenya and 1st of 16 in Kwale County with 3 or more years of published results.

	2025	2024	2023	2021	2020
Mean	9.300	7.585	8.979	7.197	7.747
Grade	B	B-	B	C+	B-
Candidates	413	–	–	289	235

All 12 years of KCSE results, 2006–2025

Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM2 combinationsPure Sciences 2

Pure Sciences · 2Biology, Chemistry, Computer StudiesST1046

Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048

Social Sciences4 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 4

Humanities & Business Studies · 4Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025

Business Studies, German, History & CitizenshipSS2099

Christian Religious Education, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2019

Computer Studies, Geography, Islamic Religious EducationSS2033

Arts & Sports Science1 combinationSports 1

Sports · 1General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmAS2038

Subjects in these combinations · 13

Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, General Science, Geography, German, History & Citizenship, Islamic Religious Education, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film

Senior schools in Kwale County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science

How subject selection works: what pathways, tracks and the codes mean

Codes and registration

KNEC code: 02100005The source printed 2100005 with seven digits; we added the leading zero after checking the county code.
UIC: P6GZ
School code: F3020026
Level: Senior school
Sponsor: Central Government/DEB
Student needs: Ordinary

School figures most recent counts

Students enrolled: 2,031
Teaching staff: 62
Board teachers: 14
Students per teacher: 32.8
Classrooms: 30
Dormitories: 11
Laboratories: 3
Dining halls: 1
Toilets: 30
Acres: 62
Transition to university after KCSE 2022: 92.69%

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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
December 2025 senior-school list, row 85 classification and codes
June 2025 senior-school register, row 4312 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 2006–2025

2013 school data

Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data