Public senior school
Starehe Boys
Also listed as Starehe Boys Centre.
A senior school in Starehe sub-county, Nairobi County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 23 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
- 1959
- Motto
- Natulenge Juu
- Postal address
- 30178 NAIROBI
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
Starehe Boys scored a mean of 9.97 (B+) in KCSE 2025, 5.1 points above the national average, down from 10.11 in 2024. Over 2018–2025 it ranks 18th of 564 schools in Kenya with 3 or more years of published results.
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 9.970 | 10.110 | 9.502 | 9.263 | 9.440 |
| Grade | B+ | B+ | B+ | B | B |
| Candidates | 301 | 275 | 271 | 274 | – |
Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026
STEM15 combinationsPure Sciences 4 · Applied Sciences 10 · Technical Studies 1
Social Sciences6 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 6
Arts & Sports Science2 combinationsSports 2
Subjects in these combinations · 20
Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Electricity, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, French, General Science, Geography, German, History & Citizenship, Islamic Religious Education, Literature in English, Mandarin Chinese, Music & Dance, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmSenior schools in Nairobi County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science
Codes and registration
- KNEC code
- 20400004
- UIC
- YS3B
- School code
- N1010956
- Level
- Senior school
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- 2013 boarding or day
- Day
School figures most recent counts
- Students enrolled
- 934
- Teaching staff
- 64
- TSC teachers
- 30
- Board teachers
- 34
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- Dormitories
- 14
- Laboratories
- 6
- Computer laboratories
- 5
- Dining halls
- 1
- Toilets
- 30
- Acres
- 48
- Transition to university after KCSE 2024
- 272
School history
Starehe Boys’ Centre began in 1959 as a rescue home for boys left homeless during Kenya’s struggle for independence. It started in a couple of tin huts donated by the Kenya Shell oil company, taking in 17 homeless boys. From food and shelter it grew into a primary school, a secondary school and technical training.
Its aim is to give bright boys from families who cannot afford fees a full education, and most of its students study on full or partial scholarships. Its example led to Starehe Girls’ Centre, which is run separately.
Today it is a national boys’ boarding school on General Waruinge Street in Starehe, Nairobi. Its motto, “Natulenge Juu”, is Kiswahili for “Let us aim high”.
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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 134 classification and codes
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 6597 checked 15 October 2026
- Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 2026 fee schedule
KCSE results
- KNEC for 2006–2010, the school’s audit reports, newspapers and the school’s own website 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