Public senior school
Kagumo High School
A senior school in Nyeri Central sub-county, Nyeri County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 35 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
- Founded
- 1933
- Postal address
- P.O. Box 69-10102, Kiganjo
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
Kagumo High School scored a mean of 9.99 (B+) in KCSE 2025, 5.1 points above the national average, up from 9.54 in 2024. Over 2020–2025 it ranks 15th of 564 schools in Kenya and 1st of 30 in Nyeri County with 3 or more years of published results.
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 9.990 | 9.543 | 9.306 | 9.580 | 9.780 |
| Grade | B+ | B+ | B | B+ | B+ |
| Candidates | – | 446 | 396 | 391 | – |
Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026
STEM22 combinationsPure Sciences 6 · Applied Sciences 14 · Technical Studies 2
Social Sciences10 combinationsLanguages & Literature 2 · Humanities & Business Studies 8
Arts & Sports Science3 combinationsArts 2 · 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, History & Citizenship, Literature in English, Physics, Sign Language Skills, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film, Wood WorkSenior schools in Nyeri County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science
Codes and registration
- KNEC code
- 08200007
- UIC
- 442P
- School code
- A2050337
- Level
- Senior school
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
School figures most recent counts
- Students enrolled
- 2,300
- Teaching staff
- 90
- TSC teachers
- 77
- Board teachers
- 13
- Students per teacher
- 25.6
- Classrooms
- 45
- Laboratories
- 5
- Dining halls
- 2
- Toilets
- 186
- Acres
- 52
School history
Kagumo High School traces its origins to Kagumo Primary School, opened in January 1933 at Gatitu, Nyeri, on the site of today’s Kagumo Teachers Training College, to train African artisans for the Native Industrial Training Depot at Kabete. A teacher-training college opened beside it in 1944, and a full secondary section followed in 1949. In 1951 Kagumo presented 18 students for the O-level examination, and all qualified for Makerere University College.
In 1960 the secondary section moved to a new site at Kiganjo, keeping the name Kagumo High School, while the primary school became Kiambuiri Primary School and the old site went to the teacher-training college. Kagumo became a national school in 2012.
Today it is a national boys’ boarding school at Kiganjo, Nyeri County.
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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 164 classification and codes
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 7944 checked 15 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
- Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data
Map
- © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: IEBC via UN OCHA map data