Public senior school

Mangu High School

A senior school in Juja sub-county, Kiambu County. It offers STEM and Social Sciences, with 3 subject combinations.

School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake

Cluster
C1Former national 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
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 2021–2025

Mangu High School scored a mean of 9.84 (B+) in KCSE 2025, 5.0 points above the national average, down from 9.90 in 2024. Over 2020–2025 it ranks 6th of 559 schools in Kenya and 2nd of 69 in Kiambu County with 3 or more years of published results.

20252024202320222021
Mean9.8409.8989.49710.36010.284
GradeB+B+BB+B+
Candidates–609549––

Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM2 combinationsPure Sciences 1 · Technical Studies 1
Pure Sciences · 1Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048
Technical Studies · 1Aviation, Geography, PhysicsST3121
Social Sciences1 combinationHumanities & Business Studies 1
Humanities & Business Studies · 1Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025
Arts & Sports ScienceNot offered

Subjects in these combinations · 7

Aviation, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Geography, History & Citizenship, Physics

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

Codes and registration

KNEC code
11200003
UIC
DJ8J
School code
A2060001
Level
Senior school
Sponsor
Central Government/DEB
Student needs
Ordinary
Postal address
314-001000 THIKA

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

Students enrolled
749
Teaching staff
48
Students per teacher
16.0
Acres
0
Acreage per enrolment
0.0
Staff counted in 2007 ›
RoleMenWomenTotal
TSC teachers222345
Local authority teachers000
PTA and board teachers303
Other teachers000
Non-teaching staff42850

About the school · written in 2013

Mang’u High School is a Kenyan Roman Catholic National High School established in 1925 located in Kiambu County.The name Mangu school came as a result of the school being moved to a small village, Mang’u, because of its accessibility in 1939 the Board of Governors decided to purchase a new site for the school. They acquired 214 acres six Thika Town along the Thika-Nairobi Highway. In 1972 the Marianist Brothers moved Mang’u High School to its current site.
The schools high performance is as a result of the fact that the school is highly selective, with only the top performing students in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education offered admission.
Mang’u High School is a school that has made tremendous contribution to Kenya’s history. The school boasts of a high profile of many successful alumni among, the high profile politicians who studied there include ;President Mwai Kibaki , former Vice-President Moody Awori, Cabinet ministers George Saitoti , John Michuki

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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

  1. Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS) pathways, combinations, emblem · checked 15 October 2026
  2. December 2025 senior-school list, row 52 classification and codes
  3. June 2025 senior-school register, row 2708 checked 1 October 2026
  4. Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 2026 fee schedule

KCSE results

  1. 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

  1. Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data
  2. . ^ "Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results". Daily Nation. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. "Mangu High hit by storm". NTV Kenya. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. "Launch of French Language Resource Centre at Mang’u High School". French Embassy in Nairobi. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  5. "Mangu made history". Environment News Service. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  6. "Top 100 Schools for 2013 KCSE Results released in 2014". Advance-africa.com. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  7. "Top KCSE Candidate". Kenya Citizen TV. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  8. "National Math contest". NTV Kenya. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

Map

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