Secondary school
Nyahururu Elite High School
A secondary school in Laikipia County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 3 subject combinations.
School details
- Level
- Senior school
- Gender
- Boys
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- Ownership
- Private
- Founded
- 1997
- Sponsor
- Private
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- 327-20300
- School code
- D2040003
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
Nyahururu Elite High School scored a mean of 8.60 (B) in KCSE 2010, 3.4 points above the national average, up from 7.83 in 2009.
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 8.596 | 7.828 | 9.085 | 8.143 | 9.082 |
| Grade | B | B- | B | B- | B |
| Candidates | 47 | 93 | 82 | 84 | 61 |
Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026
STEM1 combinationPure Sciences 1
Social Sciences1 combinationHumanities & Business Studies 1
Arts & Sports Science1 combinationSports 1
Subjects in these combinations · 9
Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmSenior schools in Laikipia County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science
Older records figures from the 2013 records; counts made in 2007
- Students enrolled
- 423
- Teaching staff
- 38
- Students per teacher
- 11.1
- Acres
- 7
- Acreage per enrolment
- 60.4
Staff counted in 2007 ›
| Role | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other teachers | 33 | 5 | 38 |
| Non-teaching staff | 21 | 22 | 43 |
School history
Nyahururu Elite Boys Senior School is a private boys’ boarding school in Nyahururu, near Thomson’s Falls. It belongs to Nyahururu Elite Schools, which opened in 1981 as a nursery and kindergarten and moved to its present site in 1987.
The high school took its first students in 1997, and its first candidates sat KCSE and IGCSE in 2000. It used to be mixed: girls sat KCSE here until 2009, the year its sister school next door, Nyahururu Elite Girls High School, also entered candidates under its own name. In 2010 all its KCSE candidates were boys. It still offers both KCSE and the Cambridge IGCSE. In the 2013 KCSE it ranked second in Nyandarua County.
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Data sources
School history and updated details use the sources below. Other details come from the 2013 school data.
Register, pathways and fees
- Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS) pathways, combinations, emblem · checked 15 October 2026
KCSE results
- KNEC for 2006–2010: 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
School profile
- Nyahururu Elite Schools, About us
- Nyahururu Elite Schools, Nyahururu Elite Boys Senior School: KCSE
- Business Daily, Private schools which offer 8-4-4 syllabus, 31 December 2015
- KNEC, KCSE results by school 2006 to 2010 (candidates by sex)
- KNEC, 2013 KCSE top and bottom five schools by county (Nyahururu Elite Senior School 07214110, Nyandarua; Nyahururu Elite Girls Secondary School 30556320, Laikipia)