Public senior school
Friends Kamusinga
Also listed as Friends School Kamusinga.
A senior school in Kimilili sub-county, Bungoma County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 41 subject combinations.
School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake
- Cluster
- C1Ministry of Education senior-school cluster.
- 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
- Postal address
- 50204 KIMILILI
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 2021–2025
Friends Kamusinga scored a mean of 9.34 (B) in KCSE 2025, 4.5 points above the national average, down from 9.89 in 2024. Over 2018–2025 it ranks 23rd of 564 schools in Kenya and 1st of 20 in Bungoma County with 3 or more years of published results.
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 9.340 | 9.886 | 9.365 | 9.247 | 9.613 |
| Grade | B | B+ | B | B | B+ |
| Candidates | – | 413 | – | 477 | 389 |
Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026
STEM25 combinationsPure Sciences 5 · Applied Sciences 18 · Technical Studies 2
Social Sciences10 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 10
Arts & Sports Science6 combinationsArts 5 · Sports 1
Subjects in these combinations · 20
Agriculture, Biology, Building & Construction, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Electricity, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, French, General Science, Geography, German, History & Citizenship, Literature in English, Music & Dance, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmSenior schools in Bungoma County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science
Codes and registration
- KNEC code
- 36600004
- UIC
- VMZ9
- School code
- M8010047
- Level
- Senior school
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
School figures most recent counts
- Students enrolled
- 2,145
- Teaching staff
- 62
- Classrooms
- 36
- Dormitories
- 20
- Laboratories
- 6
- Libraries
- 2
- Dining halls
- 1
- Toilets
- 124
Staff counted in 2007 ›
| Role | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSC teachers | 48 | 11 | 59 |
| PTA and board teachers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
School history
Friends School Kamusinga is a government boys’ boarding school located in Chebukwabi Sub location, Kibingei Location, Kimilili Division, Kimilili Constituency in Bungoma County.
The school has 1200 students and a staff of about 75 teachers. It was established by Allan Bradley , In 1956 as a transfer unit for ’Friends School Kaimosi’ from Kaimosi in Vihiga County. He is remembered by the school on ’Allan Bradley’s Day’.] The school is situated in Kimilili town, which is right below Mt. Elgon,. It is a high school that prides itself in Academic and Sporting success. The school fraternity has more often than not, set itself up to success by virtue of the programs they come up with, and the liaison with former students. Some of the notable Principals to have presided over the school in the past include Mr. Christopher Khaemba(who later went on to become one of the most decorated principals of Alliance High School,and who is currently the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Education and Youth Affairs in Nairobi county) and Amb. Simon Nabukwesi(who later served as the Kenyan Ambassador to Canada and Cuba, and who is currently the director of the Foreign Service Institute in the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Republic of Kenya. Through this two men FSK has soared to great heights in many aspects to become what it is told.
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Data sources
School history and updated details use the sources below. Other details come from the 2013 school data. 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 11 classification and codes
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 758 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 2006–2025
2013 school data and references
- Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data
- "about us". Friends School Kamusinga.
Map
- © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: IEBC via UN OCHA map data