Public senior school
Murray Girls’ High School
A senior school in Mwatate sub-county, Taita Taveta County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 3 subject combinations.
School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake
- Cluster
- C2
- Former extra-county schools.
- KNEC code
- 01114102
- The source printed 1114102 with seven digits; we added the leading zero after checking the county code.
- UIC
- YY48
- Level
- Senior school
- Gender
- Girls
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Religious Organisation
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- 106 WUNDANYI
- School code
- M3050321
- 2026 fees
- KSh 53,554 or 40,535 per year, depending on the approved tier
- Government-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.
- Next placements
- Not released yet for the January 2027 intake. Last year: 19 December 2025. KEMIS placement portalGet an alert when they’re released.
Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026
STEM1 combination Pure Sciences 1
Pure Sciences · 1
- Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048
Social Sciences1 combination Humanities & Business Studies 1
Humanities & Business Studies · 1
- Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025
Arts & Sports Science1 combination Sports 1
Sports · 1
- General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmAS2038
- Subjects in these combinations · 9
- Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film
How subject selection works: what pathways, tracks and the codes mean.
Figures from the 2013 records; counts made in 2007
- Students enrolled
- 513
- Teaching staff
- 28
- Students per teacher
- 18.3:1 (2007)
- Acres
- 38
- Acreage per enrolment
- 13.5
Staff counted in 2007
| Role | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSC teachers | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| Local authority teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PTA and board teachers | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Other teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-teaching staff | 16 | 7 | 23 |
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About the school
Murray Girls High School is a girls boarding secondary school in Taita Taveta County (Mwatate Constituency).
The Girls’ High School, Wusi, was started by the church missionary society,
C.M.S. as a co-education institution in 1960. However it was converted into a full girls’ school in 1961. Situated a few kilometers from Wundanyi town along the Mwatate-Wundanyi road, the school stands on a 38 acres of land.
Established in 1960, the school has adequate land 38 acres for expansion which was donated by Rev. V.V. Verbi, a white missionary pastor in charge of a C.M.S. CHURCH, , good infrastructure and highly qualified teachers.
High School started from Coast girls boarding primary school in 1941 by Miss Merjorie Murray. It was borne from the church mission station of church missionary society, [C.M.S.] established in Wusi in 1921.
The school’s name was changed to Murray in honour of Miss Murray for her selfless, dedicated and charitable works for the school
it has taken a different turn by producing the best principal of the year 2010
The school boasts of a well equipped library which is used by both students and the teachers for research and other academic activities.
The school has the vision to provide Quality education to develop the girl-child. Beside, it has the mission to produce an industrious, efficient, upright and patriotic citizen through our cherished motto ‘Through Endeavor we succeed.’
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.
- Pathways, subject combinations and emblems: Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS); checked 15 October 2026.
- December 2025 senior-school list, row 578.
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 8336; checked 1 October 2026.
- Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 for the 2026 fee schedule.
- Kenya Open Data Initiative.
- Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: IEBC via UN OCHA.