The 2024 EN Analytics Top 100 Senior High School Rankings for the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) have been released, with Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec-Legon) maintaining its top spot for the second consecutive year.
The rankings evaluate schools based on their performance in the NSMQ national competition, considering their final position in the quiz, category classification, and historical performance over the past 12 years.
Presec-Legon remains at the top with 690 points, repeating its 2023 ranking. Prempeh College holds second place with 620 points, also maintaining its position. Adisadel College stays in third with 572 points. Mfantsipim School, following an impressive performance in this year’s NSMQ, rises from fifth to fourth place with 515 points, while Opoku Ware School drops from fourth to fifth with 470 points.
Keta Senior High Technical School (KETASCO) stays in sixth place with 462.5 points. St. Peter’s Senior High School ranks seventh with 380 points, while St. Augustine’s College makes a remarkable leap from twelfth to eighth with 345 points.
Accra Academy retains its ninth-place position with 345 points, while St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School slightly drops to tenth with 344 points.
Mfantsipim School, the 2024 NSMQ champions, defeated top contenders such as Prempeh College, Presec-Legon, and St. Augustine’s College. Their victory lifted them from 5th to 4th in the rankings.
St. Augustine’s College made history by securing a spot in the top 10 for the first time since 2021, ranking 8th nationally and 3rd regionally in the Central Region.
The Central Region saw a strong showing this year, with six schools reaching the quarter-finals, four advancing to the semi-finals, and two (Mfantsipim and St. Augustine’s College) making it to the finals.
Apam Senior High School had the biggest rise, climbing 19 spots from 71st in 2023 to 52nd in 2024. Mpraeso Senior High School also improved, moving from 84th to 70th, while St. John’s School, Sekondi, rose from 65th to 52nd.
Significant regional disparities persist in the rankings, with schools from newly created regions like Ahafo, North East, Savannah, and Western North still absent from the top 100, largely due to infrastructure and resource challenges.
Full details below:
Top 10 Rankings:
- Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec-Legon) – 690 points
- Prempeh College – 620 points
- Adisadel College – 572 points
- Mfantsipim School – 515 points
- Opoku Ware School – 470 points
- Keta Senior High Technical School (KETASCO) – 462.5 points
- St. Peter’s Senior High School – 380 points
- St. Augustine’s College – 345 points
- Accra Academy – 345 points
- St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School – 344 points.
