How many schools are there in Sekondi-Takoradi?

500 schools are on the register in the districts that make up Sekondi-Takoradi: STMA, Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal. This is a floor, not a final count: 150 schools in Western Region have no district recorded, so they cannot be placed in any city.

How many senior high schools are in Sekondi-Takoradi?

11. They are listed on this page and in each district.

How do I find schools near me in Sekondi-Takoradi?

Open the schools near me page, allow your location or pick a town, and choose the kind of school. It lists the closest ones from schools whose position we trust. For Sekondi-Takoradi as a whole, start with the district list on this page.

What are the best schools in Sekondi-Takoradi?

We do not rank schools, because no source we can name measures them against each other. We can show you every school, its level, owner and district, the long-established schools below, and what a school has told us itself once it claims its page.

What schools and colleges are in Sekondi-Takoradi?

Takoradi Technical University is the main tertiary institution, and Sekondi College is a well known senior high school. The metropolitan assembly counts about 461 educational facilities. Browse the SchoolRegistry directory, which lists 500 schools across the Twin City, to compare them.

How many schools are in Sekondi-Takoradi?

SchoolRegistry lists 500 schools across the Sekondi-Takoradi area. That includes 385 in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly and 115 in Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal.

What is the Kundum festival?

Kundum is a harvest festival of the Ahanta and Nzema, and the Sekondi people also keep it. It thanks God for the harvest, remembers the dead and cleanses the community. Dates differ from town to town.

Schools in Sekondi-Takoradi

500 schools are on the register in the 2 districts that make up Sekondi-Takoradi, Western Region. 11 are senior high schools, 2 are universities or colleges, and 32% of schools with a stated owner are private, against 29% across Ghana. This is a floor: 150 schools in Western Region have no district recorded.

Fort Orange in Sekondi — Fort Orange, Sekondi. Photo: Amuzujoe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Schools

500

in 2 districts, a floor

Senior high

2.2% of schools here

Private share

32.4%

Ghana 29.0%

Universities, colleges

on the register, by town

People, Census 2021

419,357

Ghana Statistical Service, for the assemblies counted here

About Sekondi-Takoradi

Sekondi-Takoradi, called the Twin City, is on the coast of the Western Region, about 280 kilometres from Accra. The metropolitan area counted 245,382 people in 2021, and next door the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal counted 173,975, mostly people who work in the twin towns. The two assemblies were one until Effia Kwesimintsim was carved out in 2017. Sekondi holds Fort Orange and the Old High Court Building. Takoradi has the harbour, whose first phase was finished in 1928, and the Central Market, which was first built for the harbour workers. Takoradi Technical University has trained students since 1954. The Kundum festival is held in the area each year.

What makes Sekondi-Takoradi proud

Takoradi Harbour's first phase was completed in 1928.
Takoradi Technical University began as a government technical institute in April 1954 and became a technical university in 2016.
Fort Orange in Sekondi started as a Dutch trading lodge in the 1670s and has served as a lighthouse since 1872.

Education pride in Sekondi-Takoradi

Founding years are shown only where the sources are reliable and agree. A school without a year here is listed without one rather than guessed.

Universities and colleges based here

Takoradi Technical University Takoradi, Technical university, since 1954

Sekondi-Takoradi in numbers

The districts that make up Sekondi-Takoradi, with their schools. A district is counted whole, so some schools on its edge may sit outside the city proper.

Schools by district

STMA385 · 23% private
Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal115 · 65% private

Source: Ministry of Education school register, 2023/24. Click a district for every school in it.

Schools by level

Basic schools323 · 65%
Junior high schools88 · 18%
Primary schools44 · 9%
Kindergartens30 · 6%
Senior high schools11 · 2%
Vocational schools4 · 1%

Basic schools combine KG, primary and JHS at one campus and are not split in the register.

68% public

32% private

Every school in Sekondi-Takoradi, one mark each.196 of 500 drawn at their own position, 304 with only a town or district position left off.Source: Ministry of Education school register, 2023/24

Culture and heritage in Sekondi-Takoradi

Festival months are the usual ones, and some move with the lunar calendar. Ask locally before you travel.

Festivals and their usual month

Marked in the region, with no usual month we can confirm: Kundum, Masquerading Festival.

KundumAhanta and Nzema, also adopted by the Sekondi people A harvest festival that also honours ancestors and cleanses the community. The Sekondi Kundum is one of several, each with its own features. The metropolitan assembly supports its celebration.
Masquerading FestivalSekondi-Takoradi Named by the metropolitan assembly alongside Kundum as a local festival.

Heritage sites

otherFort OrangeSekondi Dutch trading lodge from the 1670s, enlarged into a fort and used as a lighthouse since the Dutch left in 1872. Managed by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.
otherOld High Court BuildingSekondi Listed by the assembly as a key heritage site.
otherMonkey Hill ecotourism siteTakoradi Birdwatching and a botanical garden walk.

Cargo ships at Takoradi Harbour. Photo: Kees Torn, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The economy of Sekondi-Takoradi in a line

Takoradi Harbour, whose first phase was completed in 1928, and the Takoradi Central Market, the largest in the Western Region by size and traders, anchor trade. Fishing and farming still employ many people on the outer edges of the metropolis.

Senior high schools in Sekondi-Takoradi

11 on the register in these districts.

Senior high schools in Sekondi-Takoradi
School	Level	Ownership	District
Adiembra Senior High School	Senior High	public	STMA
Adventist Senior High School	Senior High	private	STMA
Archbishop Porter Girls' Senior High School, Takoradi	Senior High	public	STMA
Bompeh Secondary/Technical School	Senior High	public	STMA
Bompeh Senior High School	Senior High	public	STMA
Diabene Secondary/Technical School	Senior High	public	STMA
Ghana Secondary Technical School - Takoradi	Senior High	public	STMA
Sekondi Methodist Senior High School	Senior High	public	STMA
St. John's School	Senior High	public	STMA
St. John's School, Sekondi	Senior High	public	STMA
St. John's Senior High School, Sekondi	Senior High	public	STMA

Senior high schools in Western Region

Universities and colleges in Sekondi-Takoradi

2 places on the register, matched to Sekondi-Takoradi by district or by the town they are listed under.

Universities and colleges in Sekondi-Takoradi
School	Level	Ownership	Where
Holy Child College of Education, Takoradi	College of education	public	Takoradi
Mampong Technical College of Education, Ashanti Mampong	College of education	public	Mampong

Towns and suburbs in Sekondi-Takoradi

Places in these districts with ten or more schools.

Schools near me in Sekondi-Takoradi

Looking for schools near you, or near Sekondi-Takoradi? Open the near me tool and, if you choose to share your location, it lists the closest schools to where you are. Your position is used once to work out the list and is not stored. You can pick a town instead.

Find schools near me

The closest schools to the centre of Sekondi-Takoradi, from schools with a position we trust:

Rev. Grant Methodist Primary, 0.2 km
Angel Grace Assemblies of God School, 0.2 km
Dunwell Methodist Academy, 0.3 km
Effia Methodist JHS, 0.4 km
Bensther Preparatory School, 0.5 km

Questions people ask about schools in Sekondi-Takoradi

How many schools are there in Sekondi-Takoradi?: 500 schools are on the register in the districts that make up Sekondi-Takoradi: STMA, Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal. This is a floor, not a final count: 150 schools in Western Region have no district recorded, so they cannot be placed in any city.
How many senior high schools are in Sekondi-Takoradi?: 11. They are listed on this page and in each district.
How do I find schools near me in Sekondi-Takoradi?: Open the schools near me page, allow your location or pick a town, and choose the kind of school. It lists the closest ones from schools whose position we trust. For Sekondi-Takoradi as a whole, start with the district list on this page.
What are the best schools in Sekondi-Takoradi?: We do not rank schools, because no source we can name measures them against each other. We can show you every school, its level, owner and district, the long-established schools below, and what a school has told us itself once it claims its page.
What schools and colleges are in Sekondi-Takoradi?: Takoradi Technical University is the main tertiary institution, and Sekondi College is a well known senior high school. The metropolitan assembly counts about 461 educational facilities. Browse the SchoolRegistry directory, which lists 500 schools across the Twin City, to compare them.
How many schools are in Sekondi-Takoradi?: SchoolRegistry lists 500 schools across the Sekondi-Takoradi area. That includes 385 in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly and 115 in Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal.
What is the Kundum festival?: Kundum is a harvest festival of the Ahanta and Nzema, and the Sekondi people also keep it. It thanks God for the harvest, remembers the dead and cleanses the community. Dates differ from town to town.