Public senior school

St Augustine Ruguta Secondary School

Also listed as St Augustine Ruguta Secondary.

A senior school in Muthambi sub-county, Tharaka-Nithi County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 12 subject combinations.

School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake

Cluster: C3; Former county schools.
KNEC code: 19378107
UIC: ZVG6
Level: Senior school
Gender: Mixed
Boarding or day: Boarding
Ownership: Public
Sponsor: Religious Organisation
Student needs: Ordinary
Postal address: 110 CHUKA
School code: B4130235
2013 boarding or day: Day & Boarding
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

STEM6 combinations Pure Sciences 2 · Applied Sciences 3 · Technical Studies 1

Pure Sciences · 2

Agriculture, Biology, ChemistryST1042
Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048

Applied Sciences · 3

Agriculture, Building & Construction, Business StudiesST2045
Agriculture, Business Studies, General ScienceST2049
Agriculture, General Science, GeographyST2082

Technical Studies · 1

Biology, Electricity, GeographyST3014

Social Sciences3 combinations Humanities & Business Studies 3

Humanities & Business Studies · 3

Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025
Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, History & CitizenshipSS2069
Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in EnglishSS2004

Arts & Sports Science3 combinations Arts 1 · Sports 2

Arts · 1

Business Studies, Fine Arts, Music & DanceAS1020

Sports · 2

Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmAS2031
General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmAS2038

Subjects in these combinations · 17: Agriculture, Biology, Building & Construction, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Electricity, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in English, Music & Dance, 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: 175
Teaching staff: 14
Students per teacher: 12.5:1 (2007)
Acres: 38
Acreage per enrolment: 4.6

Staff counted in 2007

Role	Men	Women	Total
TSC teachers	6	6	12
Local authority teachers	0	0	0
PTA and board teachers	2	0	2
Other teachers	0	0	0
Non-teaching staff	7	1	8

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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.

Pathways, subject combinations and emblems: Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS); checked 15 October 2026.
December 2025 senior-school list, row 1229.
June 2025 senior-school register, row 8577; checked 1 October 2026.
Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 for the 2026 fee schedule.
Kenya Open Data Initiative.