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2024 NSMQ Top-Ranked Schools

2024 NSMQ Top-Ranked Senior High Schools in Ghana Revealed

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The 2024 NSMQ Top-Ranked Senior High Schools in Ghana Is Finally Out But Who Tops The League Table?

Mfantsipim School may have won the 2024 NSMQ and the bragging rights, but the NSMQ Ranking of Best Senior High Schools in Ghana has also been released, sparking more debate among schools and diverse stakeholders.

Sorry if you do not find your favorite school in the first ten on the list, which contains over 100 schools. This year’s list is quite a tough one, given the way the 2024 NSMQ ended with all the knife-edge moments from the quarterfinals.

The ranking uses historic data from all the competitions held each year since 1992, making it more skewed toward schools that repeatedly make it to the contest and not necessarily the performance of the schools in the latest edition.

Per the released 2024 NSMQ Best Schools ranking, Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec) is still the best in Ghana, despite losing in the 2024 finals to Mfantsipim School.

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They are followed by Prempeh College, who did not make it to the finals, in second position. Mfantsipim School and Adisadel College follow in the third and fourth positions, while Opoku Ware School makes it to the 5th position, rounding off the top five schools for the year 2024.

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The interesting fact about the top five schools is that they are all boys’ schools.

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In a post on X, the organizers of the contest indicated that the rankings were not based on trophies won but rather on a system similar to that used by FIFA Rankings and Chess.

Below is the full ranking released for the 2024 year under review.

“To rank all 322 schools, we use Elo ratings—the same system used by the FIFA Rankings and Chess—not just titles.”

Ranking of Best Senior High Schools in Ghana 2024

Let us take a look at the 25 top schools in the 2024 NSMQ Top-Ranked Senior High Schools in Ghana

Here is the data presented in a table format for better readability:

RankSchool NamePoints
1PRESEC, Legon1659.15
2Prempeh College1546.93
3Mfantsipim School1506.60
4Adisadel College1500.13
5Opoku Ware School1473.98
6Keta SHTS1440.30
7St. Augustine’s College1427.30
8St. Peter’s SHS1396.83
9Achimota School1396.43
10St. Thomas Aquinas SHS1310.66
11Wesley Girls’ High School1308.68
12University Practice SHS1299.80
13Ghana National College1287.38
14Accra Academy1283.39
15Tamale SHS1277.48
16Koforidua Sec Tech1272.46
17Kumasi High1267.05
18St. James Seminary SHS1252.30
19Pope John SHS1250.54
20Mawuli School1242.41
21KNUST SHS1236.12
22Kumasi Academy1235.81
23St. Louis SHS1232.45
24Anglican SHS, Kumasi1225.46
25Osei Tutu SHS1224.54

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26-50 top schools in the 2024 NSMQ Top-Ranked Senior High Schools

RankSchool NamePoints
26GSTS1223.48
27West Africa SHS1221.84
28Chemu SHS1205.85
29St. Francis Xavier Seminary1205.48
30Holy Child School1201.00
31Notre Dame Seminary1200.18
32Archbishop Porter Girls’1198.99
33T.I. AMASS, Kumasi1193.81
34Akwamuman SHS1187.90
35St. Hubert Seminary SHS1186.61
36Tamale Islamic Science SHS1183.02
37Ghana SHS, Koforidua1177.20
38Presby SHTS, Aburi1176.98
39St. Monica’s SHS1174.49
40Bishop Herman College1172.49
41Tepa SHS1164.29
42Mpraeso SHS1162.25
43Apam SHS1160.81
44Presby SHS, Abetifi1159.47
45Sunyani SHS1155.94
46St. Margaret Mary1154.69
47Bolgatanga SHS1150.96
48Techiman SHS1150.45
49Krobo Girls’ SHS1149.07
50Sonrise SHS1147.63

51st- 80th placed schools in the top 126

RankSchool NamePoints
51Navrongo SHS1144.39
52Aburi Girls’ SHS1143.28
53Amaniampong SHS1143.07
54Adventist SHS, Bantama1142.60
55Sogakofe SHS1142.56
56Swedru SHS1141.41
57St. Mary’s Boys’ SHS1140.71
58Okuapemman School1139.56
59St. Charles Seminary SHS1139.49
60Aggrey Memorial Zion SHS1139.41
61OLA Girls’ SHS, Ho1138.77
62St. John’s School1138.13
63Berekum SHS1136.72
64Nifa SHS1133.64
65Assin State College1132.11
66Armed Forces SHTS1128.67
67Kintampo SHS1127.68
68Ada SHS1127.25
69Tema Methodist SHS1126.93
70Takoradi SHS1125.89
71Boa Amponsem SHS1125.10
72Konongo Odumase SHS1124.76
73Afia Kobi Ampem Girls’1124.72
74Kumasi Secondary Technical1123.45
75Odorgonno SHS1122.53
76Our Lady of Mount Carmel Girls’ SHS1119.58
77St. Paul’s SHS, Denu1119.24
78Adu Gyamfi SHS1117.98
79Anlo SHS1117.43
80Accra Girls’ SHS1117.03

81st- 126th placed schools in the top 126

RankSchool NamePoints
81Kofi Agyei SHTS1116.94
82Yilo Krobo SHS1116.63
83Ghana SHS, Tamale1114.89
84Mankranso SHS1114.24
85Asamankese SHS1114.10
86Oti Boateng SHS1114.09
87Edinaman SHS1113.88
88Nkroful Agric SHS1113.69
89Tarkwa SHS1113.60
90Labone SHS1113.48
91Sakafia Islamic SHS1112.00
92Winneba SHS1111.03
93Adonten SHS1111.00
94Ashaiman SHS1110.56
95Academy of Christ the King1110.39
96SDA SHS, Bekwai1109.55
97New Juaben SHS1108.85
98Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ SHS1108.55
99Suhum Presby SHS1108.50
100Benkum SHS1106.06
101Oyoko Methodist SHS1105.95
102St. Ignatius of Loyola SHS1105.87
103Hohoe E.P. SHS1105.66
104Osino Presby SHTS1105.59
105St. Joseph Seminary, Mampong1105.52
106Eguafo Abrem SHS1105.43
107T.I. Ahmadiyya SHS, Fomena1105.25
108Shama SHS1103.93
109Nkoranza SHS1103.90
110Nkoranman SHS1103.79
111Asanteman SHS1103.53
112Abor SHS1102.58
113Osei Kyeretwie SHS1102.47
114Aburaman SHS1101.16
115Frafraha Community SHS1100.86
116Our Lady of Grace SHS1100.33
117Tsito SHS1100.29
118Uthman Bin Affan Islamic SHS1100.04
119T.I. Ahmadiyya Girls SHS1100.00
120Donkorkrom Agric SHS1100.00
121Kinbu SHTS1100.00
122Kwanyako SHTS1100.00
123Alavanyo SHS1100.00
124Jachie Pramso SHS1100.00
125WBM Zion SHS1100.00
126Sefwi Bekwai SHS1099.89

Did you find your school in the ranking as captured in the 2024 NSMQ Top-Ranked Senior High Schools in Ghana?

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