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.

Location

Street map around Murray Girls’ High School at its listed coordinates. Opens Google Maps at the coordinates.
Coordinates -3.45346, 38.34818.

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
Constituency
Mwatate
Province
Coast
District
Taita Taveta
Division
Mwatate
Location
Chawia
Sub-location
Wusi
School zone
Chawia

Staff counts (2007)

Staff typeNumber
TSC Male Teachers10
TSC Female Teachers15
Local Authority Male Teachers0
Local Authority Female Teachers0
PTA Board of Governors Male Teacher1
PTA Board of Governors Female Teacher2
Other Male Teachers0
Other Female Teachers0
Non Teaching Staff Male16
Non Teaching Staff Female7

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.