Public senior school

Buchenya Girls Secondary School

Also listed as Buchenya Girls’ Secondary.

A senior school in Butere sub-county, Kakamega County. It offers STEM and Social Sciences, with 15 subject combinations.

School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake

Cluster
C3Ministry of Education senior-school cluster.
Gender
Girls
Accommodation label in the 2026 register
HYBRIDThe register does not define this label.
2026 fees
This school’s approved fee schedule is not listed here.Government-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.
Ownership
Public
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 2006–2010

Buchenya Girls Secondary School scored a mean of 5.78 (C) in KCSE 2010, 0.6 points above the national average, up from 4.71 in 2009.

20102009200820072006
Mean5.7844.7143.5454.2274.313
GradeCC-D+D+D+
Candidates3735332216

Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM8 combinationsPure Sciences 2 · Applied Sciences 6
Pure Sciences · 2Agriculture, Biology, ChemistryST1042
Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048
Applied Sciences · 6Agriculture, Biology, GeographyST2071
Agriculture, Biology, Home ScienceST2081
Agriculture, Business Studies, GeographyST2050
Agriculture, Business Studies, Home ScienceST2085
Agriculture, Chemistry, Home ScienceST2086
Agriculture, Geography, Home ScienceST2089
Social Sciences7 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 7
Humanities & Business Studies · 7Business Studies, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, GeographySS2073
Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025
Business Studies, History & Citizenship, Literature in EnglishSS2100
Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, History & CitizenshipSS2069
Christian Religious Education, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2019
Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2018
Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in EnglishSS2004
Arts & Sports ScienceNot offered

Subjects in these combinations · 11

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Geography, History & Citizenship, Home Science, Literature in English, Physics

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

Codes and registration

KNEC code
37608016
UIC
44WW
School code
E8080123
Level
Senior school
Sponsor
Religious Organisation
Student needs
Ordinary
2013 boarding or day
Day

Older records figures from the 2013 records; counts made in 2007

Students enrolled
153
Teaching staff
10
Students per teacher
15.3
Acres
5
Acreage per enrolment
30.6
Staff counted in 2007 ›
RoleMenWomenTotal
TSC teachers011
PTA and board teachers729
Non-teaching staff235

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Data sources

The school description and other details come from the 2013 school data. Classification and codes come from the 2026 senior-school register.

Register, pathways and fees

  1. Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS) pathways, combinations, emblem · checked 15 October 2026
  2. December 2025 senior-school list, row 331 classification and codes
  3. June 2025 senior-school register, row 1899 checked 1 October 2026
  4. Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 2026 fee schedule

KCSE results

  1. KNEC for 2006–2010: every source, on the results page 2006–2010

2013 school data

  1. Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data

Map

  1. © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: IEBC via UN OCHA map data