How many private schools are in Ghana?

12,634 on the register, which is 29.0% of schools with a stated owner.

What percentage of schools in Ghana are private?

29.0% of schools with a stated owner. 36 schools have no owner recorded, so the true share may differ a little.

Which region has the most private schools?

Greater Accra, with 3,294. By share, Greater Accra is highest at 61.0%.

How much do private schools charge in Ghana?

Fees show on a school's page when the school publishes them, and we never estimate one, so we cannot give an average. Open the school's page to see whether it has published its fees, or ask the school.

Which private school is the cheapest?

We cannot say. We never estimate fees, and a school's fees show on its page only when the school publishes them.

Private schools in Ghana: how many, and where they dominate

12,634 private schools are on the register, 29.0% of those with a stated owner. Greater Accra has the highest share, 61.0%.

Private schools

12,634

29.0% of schools with an owner

Public schools

30,956

36 with no owner stated

Basic schools

28.9%

private share, KG to JHS

Senior high

25.2%

291 of 1,157 are private

Private share by region

Share of schools with a stated owner that are private, with the number of private schools.

Greater Accra61.0% · 3,294
Central42.9% · 1,849
Western29.9% · 912
Ashanti28.6% · 2,014
Eastern27.1% · 1,417
Volta23.5% · 587
Bono East19.7% · 332
Ahafo19.6% · 171
Bono18.6% · 350
Oti17.3% · 227
Western North16.6% · 250
Upper East16.5% · 379
Northern15.7% · 424
Savannah13.5% · 131
North East10.0% · 72
Upper West7.6% · 146

Ghana: 29.0%. Source: Ministry of Education school register, 2023/24.

Where private schools outnumber public ones

36 of 261 districts with a stated owner have more private than public schools. The fifteen with the most private schools:

Gomoa East (Central)344 of 432
Ga South Municipal (Greater Accra)307 of 496
Ga Central Municipal (Greater Accra)295 of 324
Awutu Senya East Municipal (Central)256 of 304
Ga East Municipal (Greater Accra)248 of 338
Adentan Municipal (Greater Accra)197 of 246
Ga West Municipal (Greater Accra)192 of 331
Kpone Katamanso Municipal (Greater Accra)152 of 229
Awutu Senya (Central)145 of 256
Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal (Western)145 of 236
Ningo-Prampram (Greater Accra)144 of 200
Tema West Municipal (Greater Accra)134 of 174
CCMA (Central)128 of 206
Ashaiman Municipal (Greater Accra)125 of 175
Weija Gbawe Municipal (Greater Accra)120 of 145

Counted over schools with a stated owner.

What the register shows

12,634 private schools are on the register, 29.0% of those with a stated owner. 30,956 are public and 36 have no owner stated.
Private share is 28.9% among basic schools and 25.2% among senior high schools (291 of 1,157).
Greater Accra has the highest private share of any region, 61.0%, and Upper West the lowest, 7.6%.
By number, Greater Accra has 3,294, Ashanti has 2,014, Central has 1,849 private schools.

This page says nothing about what private schools charge, because fees appear only when a school publishes them through its SchoolRegistry profile. Ask each school for its fees, and use the fees budget tool when it is ready.

Questions people ask

How many private schools are in Ghana?: 12,634 on the register, which is 29.0% of schools with a stated owner.
What percentage of schools in Ghana are private?: 29.0% of schools with a stated owner. 36 schools have no owner recorded, so the true share may differ a little.
Which region has the most private schools?: Greater Accra, with 3,294. By share, Greater Accra is highest at 61.0%.
How much do private schools charge in Ghana?: Fees show on a school's page when the school publishes them, and we never estimate one, so we cannot give an average. Open the school's page to see whether it has published its fees, or ask the school.
Which private school is the cheapest?: We cannot say. We never estimate fees, and a school's fees show on its page only when the school publishes them.