2023/2024 KCSE Results of Kilifi County; Top 100 Schools and Students
KCSE 2023-2024 results and ranking list for all schools per County: Kilifi County merit list

KCSE 2023 Results for Kilifi County
We bring you the latest KCSE 2023, January 2024 results of Kilifi County following the official release of KCSE results.
Arabuko Forest High School emerged top in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, examination in Kilifi County. The school had a mean score of 8.84 B a marked positive deviation that propelled it to the peak of academic excellence dethroning and dwarfing academic giants in the country. Clinching the top 100 schools in Kilifi County KCSE 2023 results is Bahari Girls High School with 7.0947 C+.
| S/NO | SCHOOL | MEAN | POS | COUNTY | REGION |
| 1. | Arabuko Forest High School | 8.84 | 89 | Kilifi | Coast |
| 2. | Bahari Girls High School
(National) |
7.0947 | 270 | Kilifi | Coast |
KCSE Top-Performing Schools in Kilifi County
KCSE 2023 Results per County- Kilifi County
Kilifi County produced the following schools in the top 100 KCSE 2023- December 2023 results. Top in the chat is Arabuko Forest High with 8.84 mean points.
| S/NO | SCHOOL | MEAN | POS | COUNTY | REGION |
| 1. | Arabuko Forest High School | 8.84 | 89 | Kilifi | Coast |
| 2. | Bahari Girls High School
(National) |
7.0947 | 270 | Kilifi | Coast |
KCSE 2023-2024 Top 100 Schools and Candidates per School: Kilifi County- Coast Region,
KCSE RESULTS IN 2023-2024 FULL RANKING OF ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KILIFI COUNTY- COAST REGION,
List: Top 100 Students and Schools in 2023 KCSE Results for Kilifi County (Official),
List: How 2023 KCSE Candidates Performed
List: How 2023 KCSE Candidates Performed
- Total number of registered candidates KCSE 2022=881,416 (6.60% increase).
- Total number of KCSE Knec Marking centres=35.
- Total number of registered male candidates KCSE 2022=443,644 (50.33%).
- Total number of registered female candidates KCSE 2022=437,772 (49.6%).
- Top candidate in KCSE 2022= Isaac Mugambi of Langalanga Day Secondary School (A- 84 points).
- Highest score in KCSE 2022=A plain of 87 points.
- Improvement margin in KCSE 2022 Highest Score= a negative deviation of 3 points.
- KCSE Results 2022 release date: January 20, 2023.
- Special needs; 400-419 marks= 7 candidates
- Special needs; C+ and above= 190 learners
- Total number of A plain in KCSE 2022 Results= 1,146 candidates(0.13%).
- Total number of A- (Minus) in KCSE 2022 Results= 7,553 candidates(0.85%).
- Total number of B+ (plus) in KCSE 2022 Results= 23,235 candidates(2.63%).
- Total number of B (plain) in KCSE 2022 Results= 54,538 candidates(6.17%).
- Total number of B- (minus) in KCSE 2022 Results= 103,257 candidates(11.69%).
- Total number of C+ (plus) in KCSE 2022 Results= 173,345 candidates(19.62%).
Counties with More Male KCSE 2022 Candidates
Fourteen counties had more male than female candidates in the 2022 KCSE examination compared to 17 counties in 2021. These encompass: Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu, Turkana, Samburu, West Pokot, Kajiado, Narok, Homabay, Migori, Garissa, Wajir and Mandera.
Counties with High Gender Parity in Favour of Female Candidates in KCSE 2022
Seven counties with high gender disparity in favor of female candidates during the 2022 KCSE examination encompass Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Kitui, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Vihiga, and Kisumu.
KCSE 2022 Results Performance per Subject
In the 2022 KCSE Examination, 17 subjects recorded a significant improvement in performance, compared with 11 subjects that recorded a significant improvement in performance in 2021.
There was no significant change in performance in four of the subjects offered during the 2022 KCSE Examination.
OVERALL GRADE DISTRIBUTION IN 2022 KCSE RESULTS
There were 1,146 (0.13%) candidates who obtained an overall Grade A in the 2022 KCSE Examination compared with 1,138 (0.14%) candidates in 2021.
On the other hand, the number of candidates with minimum university entry qualification of Grade C+ and above has risen to 173,345 (19.03%) in the year 2022 KCSE Examination
compared to 145,776 (17.55%) in 2021.
The number of candidates with a mean grade of D+ and above in the 2022 KCSE Examination is 522,588 (59.14%) compared with 442,251 (53.29%) in 2021.
Encouragingly, the number of candidates obtaining a mean grade of E in 2022 declined significantly to 30,822 (3.49%) despite the increase in candidature, compared with 46,151 (5.56%) in 2021. This clearly leads us to conclude that most of the candidates scored grades of higher quality.
Most significantly, all the remaining candidates are legible to join TVET institutions, Teacher Training Colleges, Medical
Training Colleges and other tertiary learning institutions for various courses.
Overall National Grade Summary for KCSE 2022
| Gender | A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ |
| Female | 271 | 1,962 | 6,104 | 13,520 | 21,474 | 33,138 |
| Male | 875 | 4,445 | 9,578 | 17,783 | 27,245 | 36,950 |
| Total | 1,146 | 6,407 | 15,682 | 31,303 | 48,719 | 70,088 |
| % | 0.13 | 0.73 | 1.77 | 3.54 | 5.51 | 7.93 |
| Cum.Total | 1,146 | 7,553 | 23,235 | 54,538 | 103,257 | 173,345 |
| CUM.% | 0.13 | 0.85 | 2.63 | 6.17 | 11.69 | 19.62 |
| Gen-der | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | E |
| Female | 49,191 | 62,599 | 70,238 | 79,935 | 84,075 | 12,760 |
| Male | 45,963 | 56,469 | 64,783 | 75,545 | 83,683 | 18,062 |
| Total | 95,154 | 119,068 | 135,021 | 155,480 | 167,758 | 30,822 |
| % | 10.77 | 13.48 | 15.28 | 17.60 | 18.99 | 3.49 |
| Cum.Total | 268,499 | 387,567 | 522,588 | 678,068 | 845,826 | 876,648 |
| CUM.% | 30.39 | 43.86 | 59.14 | 76.74 | 95.73 | 99.21 |
KCSE 2022 Results for Candidates with Special Needs
There were 190 (8.80%) candidates with special needs who obtained an overall grade of C+ and above in the 2022 KCSE examination.
ACCESSING OF THE 2022/2023 KCSE EXAMINATION RESULTS
Candidates will collect their results from their respective examination centers. Individual candidates’ results can also be accessed by sending a candidate’s index number followed by the initials “KCSE” through a Short Message Service (SMS) to 20076.

