WAEC Score Distribution
WAEC Score Bands in Lagos
95-100%Elite3 (100%)
90-94%Strong3 (100%)
80-89%Competitive3 (100%)
Below 80%Developing0 (0%)
9 schools analyzed
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WAEC State Leaderboard
Best Secondary Schools in Lagos by WAEC Results (2025/2026)
Lagos has the highest concentration of top-performing secondary schools in Nigeria, ranging from premium international-style schools to strong mission and public institutions. Competition for places in top schools is fierce, with WAEC pass rates at the best schools consistently above 85%.
Independent analysis: This is a SchoolRegistry NG WAEC performance index, not an official government ranking. Rankings are based on public and submitted school signals and should be verified before admission decisions.
Top 9 WAEC Schools in Lagos
Top 9 Schools in Lagos
| # | School Name | Town/City | WAEC Band | Type | Ownership | Fee Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grange School | Ikeja | 95-100% | Day | Private | >ā¦5M/yr |
| 2 | Atlantic Hall Epe | Epe | 95-100% | Boarding | Private | >ā¦5M/yr |
| 3 | Corona Secondary School Agbara | Agbara | 90-94% | Boarding | Private | ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr |
| 4 | Kings College Lagos | Lagos Island | 85-89% | Boarding | Federal Unity | <ā¦300k/yr |
| 5 | Queens College Lagos | Yaba | 85-89% | Boarding | Federal Unity | <ā¦300k/yr |
| 6 | St Francis Catholic Secondary School Lagos | Idimu | 90-94% | Day | Mission | ā¦300k-ā¦800k/yr |
| 7 | Greensprings Secondary Lekki | Lekki | 85-89% | Day & Boarding | Private | >ā¦5M/yr |
| 8 | Dowen College Lekki | Lekki | 95-100% | Day & Boarding | Private | ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr |
| 9 | Vivian Fowler Memorial College Ikeja | Ikeja | 90-94% | Boarding | Private | ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr |
Lagos WAEC Data at a Glance
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3-Year Performance Trend
Are Lagos Schools Improving?
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0
Improving
0% of schools
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9
Stable
100% of schools
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0
Declining
0% of schools
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School Ownership
Who Runs Top Schools in Lagos?
9
Schools
Private6 (67%)
Public/Federal2 (22%)
Mission1 (11%)
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Fee Distribution
What Do Top Schools in Lagos Cost?
Budget (<ā¦500K)
2 (22%)
Mid (ā¦500Kā2M)
0 (0%)
Premium (ā¦2ā5M)
4 (44%)
Elite (>ā¦5M)
3 (33%)
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Why These Schools Stand Out in WAEC
1. Grange School
Ikeja Ā· Day Ā· Private Ā· >ā¦5M/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 95-100%; admission context: >ā¦5M/yr.
- ā¢ Consistently produces some of the highest WAEC distinction rates in Nigeria.
- ā¢ Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
2. Atlantic Hall Epe
Epe Ā· Boarding Ā· Private Ā· >ā¦5M/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 95-100%; admission context: >ā¦5M/yr.
- ā¢ A long-established boarding school with a strong WAEC reputation among Lagos parents.
- ā¢ Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
3. Corona Secondary School Agbara
Agbara Ā· Boarding Ā· Private Ā· ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 90-94%; admission context: ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr.
- ā¢ Part of the well-known Corona Schools Trust, with structured academic programs.
- ā¢ Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
4. Kings College Lagos
Lagos Island Ā· Boarding Ā· Federal Unity Ā· <ā¦300k/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 85-89%; admission context: <ā¦300k/yr.
- ā¢ Nigeria's oldest and most prestigious federal boys' college.
- ā¢ Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
5. Queens College Lagos
Yaba Ā· Boarding Ā· Federal Unity Ā· <ā¦300k/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 85-89%; admission context: <ā¦300k/yr.
- ā¢ Premier federal girls' school with strong academic tradition.
- ā¢ Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
6. St Francis Catholic Secondary School Lagos
Idimu Ā· Day Ā· Mission Ā· ā¦300k-ā¦800k/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 90-94%; admission context: ā¦300k-ā¦800k/yr.
- ā¢ Strong faith-based discipline with excellent academic outcomes.
- ā¢ Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
7. Greensprings Secondary Lekki
Lekki Ā· Day & Boarding Ā· Private Ā· >ā¦5M/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 85-89%; admission context: >ā¦5M/yr.
- ā¢ Tech-forward school with strong international exposure.
- ā¢ Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
8. Dowen College Lekki
Lekki Ā· Day & Boarding Ā· Private Ā· ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 95-100%; admission context: ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr.
- ā¢ 99.7% WAEC pass rate in 2024 and 100% in 2023.
- ā¢ Parents should verify current fees, boarding, safety, subject support, and official result evidence before applying.
9. Vivian Fowler Memorial College Ikeja
Ikeja Ā· Boarding Ā· Private Ā· ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr
- ā¢ WAEC signal: 90-94%; admission context: ā¦800k-ā¦3M/yr.
- ā¢ Girls-only school in Oregun, Ikeja, known for strong science program.
- ā¢ 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 Lagos chosen?
On WAEC performance among schools in Lagos 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 Lagos?
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.