Public senior school

Murray Girls’ High School

A senior school in Mwatate sub-county, Taita Taveta County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 3 subject combinations.

School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake

Cluster
C2Ministry of Education senior-school cluster.
Gender
Girls
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
106 WUNDANYI
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 the latest 5 years we hold

Murray Girls’ High School scored a mean of 6.71 (C+) in KCSE 2025, 1.9 points above the national average. Over 2018–2025 it ranks 3rd of 19 schools in Taita Taveta County with 3 or more years of published results.

20252020201920182010
Mean6.7127.3006.9006.3007.286
GradeC+C+C+CC+
Candidates–189188168140

Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM1 combinationPure Sciences 1
Pure Sciences · 1Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048
Social Sciences1 combinationHumanities & Business Studies 1
Humanities & Business Studies · 1Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025
Arts & Sports Science1 combinationSports 1
Sports · 1General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmAS2038

Subjects in these combinations · 9

Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film

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

Codes and registration

KNEC code
01114102The source printed 1114102 with seven digits; we added the leading zero after checking the county code.
UIC
YY48
School code
M3050321
Level
Senior school
Sponsor
Religious Organisation
Student needs
Ordinary

School figures most recent counts

Students enrolled
1,593
Teaching staff
28
Classrooms
27
Dormitories
11
Laboratories
3
Dining halls
1
Toilets
28
Acres
38
Staff counted in 2007 ›
RoleMenWomenTotal
TSC teachers101525
PTA and board teachers123
Non-teaching staff16723

School history

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.’

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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

  1. Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS) pathways, combinations, emblem · checked 15 October 2026
  2. December 2025 senior-school list, row 578 classification and codes
  3. June 2025 senior-school register, row 8336 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

  1. Kenya Open Data Initiative 2013 school data

Map

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

School profile

  1. Auditor-General’s report for the year ended 30 June 2024