UTME Score Distribution
UTME Score Bands in Imo
250+Elite0 (0%)
220-249Strong1 (33%)
200-219Competitive3 (100%)
Below 200Developing0 (0%)
4 schools analyzed
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JAMB State Leaderboard
Best Schools in Imo by JAMB UTME Performance (2025/2026)
Imo State's strong educational culture is well known across Nigeria. Mission schools, Federal Unity Colleges, and the presence of several universities create an environment that produces competitive JAMB candidates, particularly in the sciences.
Independent analysis: This is a SchoolRegistry NG JAMB performance index, not an official government ranking. Rankings are based on public and submitted school signals and should be verified before admission decisions.
What the registry holds for Imo
SchoolRegistry NG lists 393 secondary schools in Imo, spread across 23 local areas. About 87% are private and 13% are public. 200 of them show a phone number a parent can call. The registry also lists 234 primary and nursery schools in the state. For higher education it lists 9 universities, 3 polytechnics from the regulators' own lists.
| Area | Secondary schools |
|---|---|
| Owerri Municipal | 82 |
| Mbaitoli | 42 |
| Aboh-Mbaise | 35 |
| Ahiazu-Mbaise | 34 |
| Ikeduru | 20 |
| Ehime-Mbano | 18 |
These are counts of schools, not exam results. Use them to see where the choices are, then read each school's own profile before you decide. Browse all schools in Imo.
- How many secondary schools are listed in Imo?
- SchoolRegistry NG lists 393 secondary schools in Imo that are real, mapped places. 342 are private and 51 are public.
- Which part of Imo has the most secondary schools?
- Owerri Municipal has the most listed secondary schools in Imo (82). Mbaitoli follows with 42 and Aboh-Mbaise with 35.
- Does the Imo JAMB ranking cover every school?
- No. The ranking covers 4 schools with a public record strong enough to assess, out of 393 listed in the registry. A school that is not ranked has not been judged and found weak. It simply has no record we can use yet.
- Where do these Imo school counts come from?
- They are counted from school listings that map to a real place and from the regulator lists for universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, as of October 2026. They are counts of schools, not exam results.
Top 4 JAMB Schools in Imo
| # | School Name | Town/City | Avg UTME Band | Admission | Source | Trend | Fee Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federal Government College Okigwe | Okigwe | 220-249 | High | School Submission | Stable | <₦300k/yr |
| 2 | Holy Ghost College Owerri | Owerri | 200-219 | Medium | School Submission | Stable | <₦300k/yr |
| 3 | Government Secondary School Owerri | Owerri | 200-219 | Medium | School Submission | Stable | <₦300k/yr |
| 4 | Imo State University Secondary School | Owerri | 200-219 | Medium | School Submission | Improving | <₦300k/yr |
Imo JAMB Performance at a Glance
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3-Year Performance Trend
Are Imo Schools Improving?
↑
1
Improving
25% of schools
→
3
Stable
75% of schools
↓
0
Declining
0% of schools
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School Ownership
Who Runs Top Schools in Imo?
4
Schools
Private0 (0%)
Public/Federal3 (75%)
Mission1 (25%)
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Fee Distribution
What Do Top Schools in Imo Cost?
Budget (<₦500K)
4 (100%)
Mid (₦500K–2M)
0 (0%)
Premium (₦2–5M)
0 (0%)
Elite (>₦5M)
0 (0%)
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Why These Schools Stand Out in JAMB
1. Federal Government College Okigwe
Okigwe · Boarding · Federal Unity · <₦300k/yr
- • JAMB signal: 220-249; admission context: High.
- • One of the top Unity Colleges in the South-East.
- • Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
2. Holy Ghost College Owerri
Owerri · Day · Mission · <₦300k/yr
- • JAMB signal: 200-219; admission context: Medium.
- • Historic Catholic school with strong academic traditions.
- • Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
3. Government Secondary School Owerri
Owerri · Day · Government · <₦300k/yr
- • JAMB signal: 200-219; admission context: Medium.
- • Best-performing government day school in Imo.
- • Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
4. Imo State University Secondary School
Owerri · Day · Government · <₦300k/yr
- • JAMB signal: 200-219; admission context: Medium.
- • Affiliated with IMSU with access to university resources.
- • Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
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Nigeria on the register
SchoolRegistry data, 2026-10-02
38,124 schools across 36 states and the FCT, 33,601 of them with a mapped location. These are counts from our own register rather than estimates, so they measure what is recorded, not what exists.
Where the schools are
Ten largest states by schools on the register
Lagos3,920
Oyo2,311
Ogun2,053
FCT1,841
Kano1,512
Osun1,401
Anambra1,260
Delta1,240
Kaduna1,202
Kwara1,141
Values are counts of schools on the SchoolRegistry register.
Counted from the register on 2026-10-02. State totals move when a new source is ingested, so this is a picture of coverage rather than a census.
What kind of schools
Education level mix in Nigeria
- secondary
- 51%
- nursery
- 24%
- primary
- 24%
- university
- 1%
- professional
- 0%
Share of the 38,124 schools we hold for Nigeria, by the level each one is recorded at.
Private or government
Ownership mix in Nigeria
- private
- 76%
- government
- 24%
- specialized
- 0%
The private share is high because private schools are more consistently listed in the public records we ingest, not because government schools are rarer on the ground. Treat this as a measure of our coverage.
Fees: we hold a figure for 9,137 schools, of which 8,947 are an estimated band rather than a fee quoted by the school. We show fees as ranges for that reason, and confirming with the school is still the only way to know what you will pay. Counts generated from the register on 2026-10-02.
How this ranking is made
What WAEC publishes
National and state-level pass rates each session. WAEC does not publish a pass rate for each school, so no ranking of Nigerian schools, ours included, can be a direct reading of official school-level results. Anyone presenting one as such is not showing you where it came from.
What we use instead
Results a school publishes itself or submits to us, results reported in the education press, and the performance bands our editors assign from both. Bands are wide on purpose: the evidence supports saying a school sits in the nineties, not that it scored 93.4%.
What this is not
Not a league table of every school in Nigeria. It covers schools with a public record strong enough to assess, which favours larger and better-documented schools. A school missing from the list has not been judged and found wanting; it has not been assessed.
Use the ranking to build a shortlist, then ask each school directly for its own WAEC results from the last three sessions. A school confident in its record will show you. That single question tells a parent more than any ranking, this one included.
Common questions about this ranking
How were the best schools in Imo chosen?
On JAMB performance among schools in Imo with a public record strong enough to assess. It covers the schools we can evidence, not every school in the state.
What should I check before choosing a school in Imo?
Ask the school for its own results from the last three sessions, and ask how many of its final-year cohort it entered for the examination as well as how many passed. A school that enters only its strongest students posts a better rate than one entering everybody, and that difference appears in no published figure. Then ask what the full year costs, including levies, uniforms and transport, rather than what tuition costs.
Where do these rankings come from?
From results schools publish themselves or submit to us, results reported in the education press, and the performance bands our editors assign from both. WAEC and JAMB do not publish results school by school in Nigeria, so no ranking of Nigerian schools, ours included, is a direct reading of official school-level results.
Why bands instead of exact percentages?
Because the evidence supports saying a school sits in the nineties, not that it scored 93.4%. A precise figure would look more authoritative and be less true. Where a school publishes its own exact results we show those and say they came from the school.
My school is not listed. Why?
The list covers schools with a public record strong enough to assess, which favours larger and better documented schools. A school missing from it has not been judged and found wanting, it has not been assessed. If you run the school, send us your results and we will add them, marked as submitted by the school.