Public senior school
Murray Girls’ High School
A C2 girls' boarding senior school in Mwatate sub-county, Taita Taveta County.
Murray Girls High School is a girls boarding secondary school in Taita Taveta County (Mwatate Constituency).
The Girls’ High School, Wusi, was started by the church missionary society,
C.M.S. as a co-education institution in 1960. However it was converted into a full girls’ school in 1961. Situated a few kilometers from Wundanyi town along the Mwatate-Wundanyi road, the school stands on a 38 acres of land.
Established in 1960, the school has adequate land 38 acres for expansion which was donated by Rev. V.V. Verbi, a white missionary pastor in charge of a C.M.S. CHURCH, , good infrastructure and highly qualified teachers.
High School started from Coast girls boarding primary school in 1941 by Miss Merjorie Murray. It was borne from the church mission station of church missionary society, [C.M.S.] established in Wusi in 1921.
The school’s name was changed to Murray in honour of Miss Murray for her selfless, dedicated and charitable works for the school
it has taken a different turn by producing the best principal of the year 2010
The school boasts of a well equipped library which is used by both students and the teachers for research and other academic activities.
The school has the vision to provide Quality education to develop the girl-child. Beside, it has the mission to produce an industrious, efficient, upright and patriotic citizen through our cherished motto ‘Through Endeavor we succeed.’
School details
- Level
- Secondary School
- Gender
- Girls
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Religious Organisation
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- 106 WUNDANYI
Admissions & fees
For the 2026 intake.
- Cluster
- C2
- C2 schools are the former extra-county schools.
- KNEC code
- 01114102
- The source printed 1114102 with seven digits; we added the leading zero after checking the county code.
- UIC
- YY48
- 2026 fees
- KSh 53,554 or 40,535 per year, depending on the approved tier
- Government-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.
- Placement portal
- Government selection and placement portal
Location
Nearby schools
- Wusi Special Unit (M.H) (338.34m)
- Wusi Primary (338.34m)
- Mwambionu Secondary (1477.14m)
- Dembwa Primary (1626.41m)
- Mwafuga High School (1772.30m)
Other details
- Level
- Secondary School
- School code
- M3050321
- Gender
- Girls
- Day/boarding
- Boarding
- Address
- 106 WUNDANYI
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Religious Organisation
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Acreage
- 38
- Acreage per enrolment
- 13.5
- Pupil Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1 (2007)
- Total Enrolment
- 513
- Total Teaching staff
- 28
- County
- Taita Taveta
- Constituency
- Mwatate
- Province
- Coast
- District
- Taita Taveta
- Division
- Mwatate
- Location
- Chawia
- Sub-location
- Wusi
- School zone
- Chawia
Staff counts (2007)
| Staff type | Number |
|---|---|
| TSC Male Teachers | 10 |
| TSC Female Teachers | 15 |
| Local Authority Male Teachers | 0 |
| Local Authority Female Teachers | 0 |
| PTA Board of Governors Male Teacher | 1 |
| PTA Board of Governors Female Teacher | 2 |
| Other Male Teachers | 0 |
| Other Female Teachers | 0 |
| Non Teaching Staff Male | 16 |
| Non Teaching Staff Female | 7 |
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.
- December 2025 senior-school list, row 578.
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 8336; checked 1 October 2026.
- Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 for the 2026 fee schedule.
- Kenya Open Data Initiative.
- Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: geoBoundaries.