Current list of all National Schools in Kenya and their Knec Codes

Citizen digital | December 13, 2024 | KNEC News Portal, Knec Schools Portal |

National schools are the most prestigious high schools in the country. These schools admit the best candidates in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations. National schools have prestigious facilities for learners.

One thing to note is that the national schools have a larger capacity and therefore have high students’ populations. The schools are either exclusively for boys or girls.

Here is the list of national schools in Kenya

Details about these schools can be found here; Schools portal.

S/NO.	Code	Name	Category	Type	Cluster
1	1100003	KENYATTA HIGH MWATATE	National	Boys	C1
2	1100004	BURA GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
3	3100001	MAMA NGINA GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
4	4100002	RIBE BOYS	National	Boys	C1
5	8200007	KAGUMO HIGH	National	Boys	C1
6	10200008	MURANGA HIGH	National	Boys	C1
7	12300001	MACHAKOS BOYS	National	Boys	C1
8	13300005	MUTHALE GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
9	14300006	MOI HIGH MBIRURI	National	Boys	C1
10	15300002	MERU SCHOOL	National	Boys	C1
11	18300003	MAKUENI BOYS	National	Boys	C1
12	19300004	CHOGORIA GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
13	20400006	PANGANI GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
14	23500003	ST BRIGIDS KIMININI	National	Girls	C1
15	24500004	ST.THERESA’S TARTAR GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C1
16	28500005	KIPSIGIS GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C1
17	29500006	KAPSABET BOYS	National	Boys	C1
18	31500011	MOI GIRLS ISINYA	National	Girls	C1
19	34500010	ST PATRICK ITEN	National	Boys	C1
20	36600002	LUGULU GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
21	36600004	FRIENDS KAMUSINGA	National	Boys	C1
22	37600001	KAKAMEGA SCHOOL	National	Boys	C1
23	38600003	BUNYORE GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
24	40700002	KISII HIGH	National	Boys	C1
25	40700003	NYABURURU GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
26	41700004	ASUMBI GIRLS	National	Girls	C1
27	42700005	MARANDA HIGH	National	Boys	C1
28	44700006	KANGA HIGH	National	Boys	C1
29	45800001	GARISSA HIGH	National	Boys	C1
30	4100008	BAHARI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
31	5100009	HOLA BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
32	5100010	NGAO GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
33	6100011	LAMU GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
34	6100012	MPEKETONI SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
35	7200014	NYANDARUA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Mixed	C2
36	12300013	KATHIANI GIRLS SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
37	16300014	MOYALE SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
38	17300015	GARBATULA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
39	18300016	MBOONI GIRLS	National	Girls	C2
40	21500021	TURKANA GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
41	22500024	KISIMA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
42	24500022	CHEWOYET HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
43	25500023	TENWEK HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
44	28500006	KABIANGA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
45	29500025	ST. JOSEPH’S GIRLS – CHEPTERIT	National	Girls	C2
46	30500021	NANYUKI HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
47	31500026	OLOOLAISER HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
48	35600008	S.A. KOLANYA GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
49	43700012	SIRONGA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
50	44700011	MOI NYABOHANSE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
51	46800003	WAJIR HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
52	46800004	WAJIR GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C2
53	47800005	MANDERA SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
54	47800006	MOI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL – MANDERA	National	Girls	C2
55	11200001	ALLIANCE HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C2
56	11200002	ALLIANCE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3
57	11200003	MANGU HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3
58	11200004	LIMURU GIRLS’ SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3
59	11200005	LORETO HIGH SCHOOL LIMURU	National	Girls	C3
60	11200006	MARYHILL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3
61	20400001	LENANA SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3
62	20400002	NAIROBI SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3
63	20400003	THE KENYA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3
64	20400004	STAREHE BOYS’ CENTRE & SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3
65	20400008	MOI FORCES ACADEMY – NAIROBI	National	Boys	C3
66	20400009	STAREHE GIRLS’ CENTRE	National	Girls	C3
67	26500001	MOI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL- ELDORET	National	Girls	C3
68	27500002	NAKURU HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3
69	27500007	MOI FORCES ACADEMY LANET	National	Girls	C3
70	27500008	UTUMISHI BOYS ACADEMY	National	Boys	C3
71	27500009	NAKURU GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C3
72	39700001	MASENO SCHOOL	National	Boys	C3
73	2100005	KWALE HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
74	2100006	MATUGA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
75	3100007	SHIMO-LA-TEWA SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
76	7200009	KARIMA GIRLS	National	Girls	C4
77	8200010	BISHOP GATIMU NGANDU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
78	9200011	KABARE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
79	9200012	BARICHO HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
80	10200013	MUGOIRI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
81	13300007	KITUI HIGH	National	Boys	C4
82	14300011	SIAKAGO GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
83	15300012	ST. MARY’S GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL IGOJI	National	Girls	C4
84	16300008	MOI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL-MARSABIT	National	Girls	C4
85	17300009	ISIOLO GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
86	19300010	IKUU BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
87	21500012	LODWAR BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
88	22500013	MARALAL HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
89	23500014	ST. JOSEPH’S BOYS HIGH SCHOOL – KITALE	National	Boys	C4
90	25500019	KAPLONG GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
91	30500020	NJONJO GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
92	32500015	OLE TIPIS GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
93	32500016	KILGORIS BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
94	33500018	BARINGO BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
95	34500017	MOI KAPSOWAR GIRLS	National	Girls	C4
96	35600007	BUTULA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
97	37600005	BUTERE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
98	38600006	CHAVAKALI HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
99	39700009	KISUMU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
100	41700010	MBITA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
101	42700007	NGIYA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	National	Girls	C4
102	43700008	NYAMBARIA HIGH SCHOOL	National	Boys	C4
103	45800002	NEP GIRLS HIGH	National	Girls	C4