Top 10 Best Senior High Schools in Ghana

Ghana is one of the best countries in Africa in terms of education. According to a report by Ghana News Agency, Ghana ranked only behind Tunisia in the Countries with the highest quality of education in Africa.

In this write up, we bring to you the list of the top 10 best Senior High Schools in Ghana.

The rankings, which evaluate schools based on their performance in the NSMQ national competition, highlight shifts in Ghana’s science and mathematics education landscape. Schools earn points based on their final position in the quiz, their category classification, and their historical performance over the past 12 years.

Top 10 Best Senior High Schools in Ghana 2025

PRESEC Legon SHS

Location: Greater Accra region

Founded: 1938

Students: Boys

Uniform: Blue

Presec Legon takes the first spot as the best shs in Ghana. Presec has won the National Science and math quiz competition seven times and is currently the school with this record.

Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (PRESEC) is a secondary boarding school for boys. It is located in Legon, Accra, Ghana. It was founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast

Prempeh College

Prempeh College is the second best senior high school in Ghana.

Prempeh College is a public secondary boarding school for boys located in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority, the British Colonial Government, the Methodist Church Ghana and the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

Adisadel College

Adisadel College, popularly known as “Adisco”, is an Anglican boys’ boarding school in Cape Coast, Ghana. It was established by Rt. Rev. Nathaniel T Hamlyn in 1910.

It is among the best schools in Ghana

Mfantsipim School

Mfantsipim School is an all-boys boarding secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana, established by the Methodist Church in 1876 to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth on the then Gold Coast.

Opoku Ware School

Opoku Ware School, often referred to as OWASS, is a public Catholic senior high school for boys, located in Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi, which is the capital of the Ashanti region of Ghana.

Keta Senior High Technical School (KETASCO)

Keta Senior High Technical School formerly Keta Secondary School, is a mixed Public Senior High School located at Dzelukope, a town in the Keta Municipal District of the Volta Region, Ghana. 

St. Peter’s Senior High School

St. Peter’s Senior High School, or PERSCO, is a Roman Catholic boys’ senior high school in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The school was established in 1957 by the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD). The school is located in the town of Nkwatia Kwahu on the Kwahu Ridge.

St. Augustine’s College

St. Augustine’s College is an all-male boarding academic institution in Cape Coast, Ghana. As the first catholic school established in Ghana, the school started at Amissano, a village near Elmina, in 1930.

Accra Academy

Accra Academy is a boys’ high school located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. It admits both boarding and day students. Founded as a private school in 1931, it gained the status of a Government-Assisted School in 1950

St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School

St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School is a Ghanaian public day senior high school for boys in the Osu district of Accra in the Greater Accra Region. It was established in 1952. The school is currently located in Cantonments, a suburb of Accra.

The list of the best senior High Schools in Ghana was compiled using appearance and performance at the national science and math quiz competition and the overall Performance of the schools at the WASSCE.

Source: Glusea