Public senior school
Tharaka Secondary School
Also listed as Tharaka High Secondary.
A senior school in Tharaka South sub-county, Tharaka-Nithi County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 35 subject combinations.
School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake
- Cluster
- C2Former extra-county schools.
- 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
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 2022–2024
Tharaka Secondary School scored a mean of 5.40 (C-) in KCSE 2024, 0.6 points above the national average, up from 4.90 in 2023. Over 2022–2024 it ranks 7th of 23 schools in Tharaka-Nithi County with 3 or more years of published results.
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 5.402 | 4.899 | 5.615 |
| Grade | C- | C- | C |
| Candidates | 122 | 139 | 97 |
Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026
STEM21 combinationsPure Sciences 3 · Applied Sciences 18
Social Sciences9 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 9
Arts & Sports Science5 combinationsArts 2 · Sports 3
Subjects in these combinations · 16
Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, French, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Music & Dance, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmSenior schools in Tharaka-Nithi County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science
Codes and registration
- KNEC code
- 19313101
- UIC
- MRQW
- School code
- E4120059
- Level
- Senior school
- Sponsor
- Religious Organisation
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- 1423 MERU
Older records figures from the 2013 records; counts made in 2007
- Students enrolled
- 252
- Teaching staff
- 19
- Students per teacher
- 13.3:1 (2007)
- Acres
- 100
- Acreage per enrolment
- 2.5
Staff counted in 2007 ›
| Role | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSC teachers | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Local authority teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PTA and board teachers | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Other teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-teaching staff | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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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.
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 616 classification and codes
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 8609 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 2022–2024
2013 school data
- Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data
Map
- © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: IEBC via UN OCHA map data