KCPE 2016 Ranking by County

By Anthony M. Wanjohi:

The release of KCPE 2016 marked a new beginning of “honesty” in national examinations after years of exam cheating in  Kenya. Exam cheating has been associated with the need to be seen as the best, especially in private schools for the purpose of attracting enrollments. In an effort to curb the exam cheating, ranking of schools was stopped. However, parliament passed a law in August, 2016 reverting to school and candidate ranking in national exams.

During KCPE 2016 results release, Dr. Matiang’i did not however rank the schools and candidates citing late passage of the law. The following is however the ranking of KCPE 2016 results by county in Kenya:

No. County Mean Score
1 Kirinyaga 274
2 Elgeyomarakwet 271
3 Makueni 267
4 Nandi 267
5 Uasingishu 266
6 Busia 266
7 Nairobi 265
8 Baringo 265
9 Kisumu 265
10 Tharakanithi 262
11 Westpokot 262
12 Kakamega 261
13 Vihiga 259
14 Kajiado 258
15 Homabay 258
16 Siaya 258
17 Nyeri 256
18 Bomet 256
19 Machakos 251
20 Turkana 251
21 Kericho 251
22 Samburu 250
23 Transnzoia 250
24 Narok 250
25 Bungoma 249
26 Migori 248
27 Embu 247
28 Nyamira 246
29 Nyandarua 245
30 Kiambu 244
31 Kiambu 244
32 Nakuru 244
33 Meru 242
34 Kisii 242
35 Murang’a 240
36 Laikipia 240
37 Marsabit 239
38 Kitui 233
39 Isiolo 227
40 Kilifi 226
41 Kwale 218
42 Taita Taveta 217
43 Wajir 212
44 Lamu 211
45 Tana River 207
46 Garissa 183
47 Mandera 183