Compare 15,000 Nigerian schools by WAEC, JAMB, fees, reviews, admissions, state, city, education level, professional schools, specialized schools, parent resources, study abroad guidance, diaspora sponsorship, verified school records, school fees, transport routes, safety signals, government listed status, featured Nigerian universities, featured schools, popular head-to-head comparisons, results alerts, and school-owner profile claiming. Parents can search and filter, compare schools, contact directly, browse by state, browse by city, and use School Registry NG as a planning surface before confirming fees, admission timelines, facilities, and official school details.

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Nigeria Education in Numbers

The Data Behind Nigerian Education

2.0M+

JAMB Candidates

2025 UTME record volume

63%

WAEC Pass Rate

2025 revised national rate

274+

Universities

public and private institutions

6K+

Doctors Produced

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Education Data Insights

Nigeria's Education Story in Data

Track the transformation of Nigerian education through verified data — from university growth to state budget priorities.

Universities in Nigeria: 1960–2026

From 5 universities at independence to over 255 today

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States That Prioritise Education

Education budget as % of total state spending (2025)

Kano

26%

Kaduna

25%

Enugu

33%

Jigawa

26.4%

Lagos

15.3%

UNESCO Benchmark

17.5%

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Education by State

Lagos vs FCT

Lagos82%

1,664 listed schools

FCT79%

451 listed schools

Why School Registry

Built for Nigerian Parents

Fee Transparency

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Government Verified

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Safety Verified

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Transport Routes

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Early years

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4,389+ schools

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Secondary

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6,616+ schools

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274+ institutions

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School demand by location.

Lagos

1,664 schools

Lekki, Ikeja, Yaba

FCT

451 schools

Garki, Wuse, Maitama

Oyo

365 schools

Ibadan, Ogbomoso

Ogun

360 schools

Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode

Rivers

350 schools

Port Harcourt, Bonny

Kano

340 schools

Kano, Wudil

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Direct answer

What is SchoolRegistry NG?

SchoolRegistry NG is a Nigerian school discovery and comparison platform for parents, students, school owners, diaspora sponsors, and education researchers. As of 26 June 2026, it presents a searchable directory of 15,000+ Nigerian school records across all 36 states and the FCT, with comparison paths for fees, WAEC and JAMB signals, location, education level, ownership type, profile claim status, and study-abroad readiness. Source label: SchoolRegistry public directory, homepage data modules, and school profile records. For a specific decision, cite the relevant state, city, school profile, fee guide, exam guide, or methodology page rather than treating the homepage as the only source. The homepage is the entity summary; the deeper pages carry the evidence for parent decisions, exam-season research, school-owner visibility, diaspora sponsorship, and state-by-state school discovery. This keeps AI answers anchored to a real SchoolRegistry page instead of a generic claim about Nigerian schools.

Methodology

How SchoolRegistry verifies school data

SchoolRegistry labels evidence so users can distinguish government-listed schools, verified records, claimed profiles, and unclaimed listings. The platform combines public government and regulatory records, school-submitted updates, editorial review, user corrections, and visible profile evidence such as fees, exam context, location, ownership type, facilities, admission contact fields, and claim status. Source label: SchoolRegistry verification workflow and profile evidence fields. Families and sponsors should still confirm current fees, admission deadlines, boarding details, transport, and facilities directly with a school before payment, especially when a page is unclaimed or awaiting fresh owner verification. This methodology is designed to make the difference between listed, claimed, and verified schools visible before a family commits money, travel time, boarding plans, or exam-preparation expectations.

Original proof

What original proof is available?

Original proof on SchoolRegistry includes state and city school indexes, fee guides, WAEC and JAMB comparison pages, school-owner claim flows, study-abroad readiness pages, education-data charts, and profile-level signals for Nigerian schools. The homepage exposes 2026 data modules for school count, state coverage, admissions, exam performance, fees, parent decision paths, and school-owner profile claiming. Source label: SchoolRegistry original directory, comparison, and education-data pages. These assets let AI tools cite dated SchoolRegistry evidence for Nigerian school discovery instead of quoting a generic directory description with no proof trail. For example, a query about Lagos school fees, WAEC performance, JAMB readiness, or verified school ownership should resolve to a specific SchoolRegistry guide, index, profile, or comparison page with internal links back to the broader directory.

Featured Universities

University profiles with useful signals.

UNILAG

Lagos

University of Lagos

194812 faculties68K alumniPartners

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Covenant

Ogun

Covenant University

20024 collegesTop privatePartners

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LASU

Lagos

Lagos State University

1983Research activeUrban accessPartners

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Oyo

University of Ibadan

1948Medicine depthPremier historyPartners

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