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.
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:
| Rank | School Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRESEC, Legon | 1659.15 |
| 2 | Prempeh College | 1546.93 |
| 3 | Mfantsipim School | 1506.60 |
| 4 | Adisadel College | 1500.13 |
| 5 | Opoku Ware School | 1473.98 |
| 6 | Keta SHTS | 1440.30 |
| 7 | St. Augustine’s College | 1427.30 |
| 8 | St. Peter’s SHS | 1396.83 |
| 9 | Achimota School | 1396.43 |
| 10 | St. Thomas Aquinas SHS | 1310.66 |
| 11 | Wesley Girls’ High School | 1308.68 |
| 12 | University Practice SHS | 1299.80 |
| 13 | Ghana National College | 1287.38 |
| 14 | Accra Academy | 1283.39 |
| 15 | Tamale SHS | 1277.48 |
| 16 | Koforidua Sec Tech | 1272.46 |
| 17 | Kumasi High | 1267.05 |
| 18 | St. James Seminary SHS | 1252.30 |
| 19 | Pope John SHS | 1250.54 |
| 20 | Mawuli School | 1242.41 |
| 21 | KNUST SHS | 1236.12 |
| 22 | Kumasi Academy | 1235.81 |
| 23 | St. Louis SHS | 1232.45 |
| 24 | Anglican SHS, Kumasi | 1225.46 |
| 25 | Osei Tutu SHS | 1224.54 |
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26-50 top schools in the 2024 NSMQ Top-Ranked Senior High Schools
| Rank | School Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | GSTS | 1223.48 |
| 27 | West Africa SHS | 1221.84 |
| 28 | Chemu SHS | 1205.85 |
| 29 | St. Francis Xavier Seminary | 1205.48 |
| 30 | Holy Child School | 1201.00 |
| 31 | Notre Dame Seminary | 1200.18 |
| 32 | Archbishop Porter Girls’ | 1198.99 |
| 33 | T.I. AMASS, Kumasi | 1193.81 |
| 34 | Akwamuman SHS | 1187.90 |
| 35 | St. Hubert Seminary SHS | 1186.61 |
| 36 | Tamale Islamic Science SHS | 1183.02 |
| 37 | Ghana SHS, Koforidua | 1177.20 |
| 38 | Presby SHTS, Aburi | 1176.98 |
| 39 | St. Monica’s SHS | 1174.49 |
| 40 | Bishop Herman College | 1172.49 |
| 41 | Tepa SHS | 1164.29 |
| 42 | Mpraeso SHS | 1162.25 |
| 43 | Apam SHS | 1160.81 |
| 44 | Presby SHS, Abetifi | 1159.47 |
| 45 | Sunyani SHS | 1155.94 |
| 46 | St. Margaret Mary | 1154.69 |
| 47 | Bolgatanga SHS | 1150.96 |
| 48 | Techiman SHS | 1150.45 |
| 49 | Krobo Girls’ SHS | 1149.07 |
| 50 | Sonrise SHS | 1147.63 |
51st- 80th placed schools in the top 126
| Rank | School Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Navrongo SHS | 1144.39 |
| 52 | Aburi Girls’ SHS | 1143.28 |
| 53 | Amaniampong SHS | 1143.07 |
| 54 | Adventist SHS, Bantama | 1142.60 |
| 55 | Sogakofe SHS | 1142.56 |
| 56 | Swedru SHS | 1141.41 |
| 57 | St. Mary’s Boys’ SHS | 1140.71 |
| 58 | Okuapemman School | 1139.56 |
| 59 | St. Charles Seminary SHS | 1139.49 |
| 60 | Aggrey Memorial Zion SHS | 1139.41 |
| 61 | OLA Girls’ SHS, Ho | 1138.77 |
| 62 | St. John’s School | 1138.13 |
| 63 | Berekum SHS | 1136.72 |
| 64 | Nifa SHS | 1133.64 |
| 65 | Assin State College | 1132.11 |
| 66 | Armed Forces SHTS | 1128.67 |
| 67 | Kintampo SHS | 1127.68 |
| 68 | Ada SHS | 1127.25 |
| 69 | Tema Methodist SHS | 1126.93 |
| 70 | Takoradi SHS | 1125.89 |
| 71 | Boa Amponsem SHS | 1125.10 |
| 72 | Konongo Odumase SHS | 1124.76 |
| 73 | Afia Kobi Ampem Girls’ | 1124.72 |
| 74 | Kumasi Secondary Technical | 1123.45 |
| 75 | Odorgonno SHS | 1122.53 |
| 76 | Our Lady of Mount Carmel Girls’ SHS | 1119.58 |
| 77 | St. Paul’s SHS, Denu | 1119.24 |
| 78 | Adu Gyamfi SHS | 1117.98 |
| 79 | Anlo SHS | 1117.43 |
| 80 | Accra Girls’ SHS | 1117.03 |
81st- 126th placed schools in the top 126
| Rank | School Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 81 | Kofi Agyei SHTS | 1116.94 |
| 82 | Yilo Krobo SHS | 1116.63 |
| 83 | Ghana SHS, Tamale | 1114.89 |
| 84 | Mankranso SHS | 1114.24 |
| 85 | Asamankese SHS | 1114.10 |
| 86 | Oti Boateng SHS | 1114.09 |
| 87 | Edinaman SHS | 1113.88 |
| 88 | Nkroful Agric SHS | 1113.69 |
| 89 | Tarkwa SHS | 1113.60 |
| 90 | Labone SHS | 1113.48 |
| 91 | Sakafia Islamic SHS | 1112.00 |
| 92 | Winneba SHS | 1111.03 |
| 93 | Adonten SHS | 1111.00 |
| 94 | Ashaiman SHS | 1110.56 |
| 95 | Academy of Christ the King | 1110.39 |
| 96 | SDA SHS, Bekwai | 1109.55 |
| 97 | New Juaben SHS | 1108.85 |
| 98 | Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ SHS | 1108.55 |
| 99 | Suhum Presby SHS | 1108.50 |
| 100 | Benkum SHS | 1106.06 |
| 101 | Oyoko Methodist SHS | 1105.95 |
| 102 | St. Ignatius of Loyola SHS | 1105.87 |
| 103 | Hohoe E.P. SHS | 1105.66 |
| 104 | Osino Presby SHTS | 1105.59 |
| 105 | St. Joseph Seminary, Mampong | 1105.52 |
| 106 | Eguafo Abrem SHS | 1105.43 |
| 107 | T.I. Ahmadiyya SHS, Fomena | 1105.25 |
| 108 | Shama SHS | 1103.93 |
| 109 | Nkoranza SHS | 1103.90 |
| 110 | Nkoranman SHS | 1103.79 |
| 111 | Asanteman SHS | 1103.53 |
| 112 | Abor SHS | 1102.58 |
| 113 | Osei Kyeretwie SHS | 1102.47 |
| 114 | Aburaman SHS | 1101.16 |
| 115 | Frafraha Community SHS | 1100.86 |
| 116 | Our Lady of Grace SHS | 1100.33 |
| 117 | Tsito SHS | 1100.29 |
| 118 | Uthman Bin Affan Islamic SHS | 1100.04 |
| 119 | T.I. Ahmadiyya Girls SHS | 1100.00 |
| 120 | Donkorkrom Agric SHS | 1100.00 |
| 121 | Kinbu SHTS | 1100.00 |
| 122 | Kwanyako SHTS | 1100.00 |
| 123 | Alavanyo SHS | 1100.00 |
| 124 | Jachie Pramso SHS | 1100.00 |
| 125 | WBM Zion SHS | 1100.00 |
| 126 | Sefwi Bekwai SHS | 1099.89 |
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